He was getting well, but the boy took sick and the old man died the next day.

The boy had been his medicine.

Sometimes it's a particular nurse that does the trick; but whoever it is, it's a great vital fact.
Well, that's the part you played to Mr.Shiel Crozier of Lammis and Castlegarry aforetime.

He owes you much." "I am glad of that," she said softly, her eyes on the distance.
"She is in love with him in spite of what she says," remarked the Young Doctor to himself.

"Well," he continued aloud, "the fact is, Crozier's almost well in a way, but his mind is in a state, and he is not going to get wholly right as things are.