'I am the wife of a doctor,' she said; 'and I am only imitating what I have seen my husband do, when his assistance has been required, at sea, in weather like this.' In her poor state of health, Rhoda was too much exhausted to go on by the train, when we got to Holyhead.

She is the best of good girls, and I am fond of her, as you know.

If I had been by myself, I daresay I should have sent for medical help.

What do you think dear Mrs.Vimpany offered to do?
'Your maid is only faint,' she said.

'Give her rest and some iced wine, and she will be well enough to go on by the slow train.
Don't be frightened about her; I will wait with you.' And she did wait.
Are there many strangers, Hugh, who are as unselfishly good to others as my chance-acquaintance in the steamboat ?" "Very few, I am afraid." Mountjoy made that reply with some little embarrassment; conscious of a doubt of Mrs.Vimpany's disinterested kindness, which seemed to be unworthy of a just man.
Iris went on.
"Rhoda was sufficiently recovered," she said, "to travel by the next train, and there seemed to be no reason for feeling any more anxiety.
But, after a time, the fatigue of the journey proved to be too much for her.