What are you going to do now ?" he added, as she brought a cup of water and placed it at his side.
"I am going to leave you here for a little while," she said cheerfully, but with a pale face and nervous hands.

"I'm going to leave you while I seek Low." The sick man raised his head.

"I'm good for a spurt, Teresa, like that I've just got through, but I don't think I'm up to a family party.
Couldn't you issue cards later on ?" "You don't understand," she said.

"I'm going to get Low to send some one of your friends to you here.

I don't think he'll begrudge leaving _her_ a moment for that," she added to herself bitterly.
"What's that you're saying ?" he queried, with the nervous quickness of an invalid.
"Nothing--but that I'm going now." She turned her face aside to hide her moistened eyes.