Lucy Foster sank on her knees beside her and threw her arms about her.
'Give me--those drops--on the table,' said Eleanor, with difficulty.
Lucy said not a word.

Quietly, with steady hands, she brought and measured the medicine.

It was a strong heart-stimulant, and it did its work.

But while her strength came back, Lucy saw that she was shivering with cold, and closed the window.
Then, silently, Lucy looked down upon the figure in the chair.

She was almost as white as Eleanor.