CHAPTER XXXVII.
A FULL CONFESSION.
Gilbert did not go to the Temple again till he had finished his day's work at St.Helen's, and had eaten his modest dinner at a tavern in Fleet-street.

He found that Mr.Mew had already paid his second visit to the sick-room, and had pronounced himself much relieved and delighted by the favourable change.
"I have no fear now," he had said to the nurse.

"It is now only a question of getting back the physical strength, which has certainly fallen to a very low ebb.

Perfect repose and an entire freedom from care are what we have to look to." This the nurse told Gilbert.

"He has been very restless all day," she added, "though I've done what I could to keep him quiet.