A stir had taken place in her brain, and her nurse wanted to take her back home.

But this awakening--if such it could be called, was so short in its duration and was followed so immediately by a string of innocent questions about Adelaide, that Nurse Unwin concluded to remain a few days longer before risking this delicately balanced mind amid old scenes and the curious glances of her townspeople.
Alas! the awakening was to take place in Lakewood and under circumstances of the most ordinary nature.

Carmel had been out and was just crossing the hall of her hotel to the elevator, when she stopped with a violent start and clutching the air, was caught by her nurse who had hurried up at the first intimation of anything unusual in the condition of her patient.
The cause of this agitation was immediately apparent.

Near them sat two ladies, each with a small wine-glass in her hand.

One was drinking, the other waiting and watching, but with every apparent intention of drinking when the other had ceased.