The cries of terror and dismay that he uttered reached the ears of his wife, and were the first thing that roused her from her lethargy.

She rose from her bed, and, just able to crawl, began to do what she could for him.

If she could but get near enough to him, the husband would yet be dearer than any child.

She had him carried to the bed, and thereafter took on the sofa what rest there was for her.

To and fro between bed and sofa she crept, let the landlady say what she might, gave him all the food he could be got to take, cooled his burning hands and head, and cried over him because she could not take him on her lap like the baby that was gone.