I predict nothing with certainty.
But I very much fear that if your father falls into a complete slumber he will never waken from it.

Once let his brain cease functioning and I fear that the heart will follow suit." They stood on the farther side of the room and spoke in the softest of whispers, but now the deep, calm voice of the old man broke in: "Doc, they ain't no use of worryin'.

They ain't no use of medicine.

All I need is quiet." "Do you want to be alone ?" asked the girl.
"No, not so long as you don't make no noise.

I can 'most hear something, but your whisperin' shuts it off." They obeyed him, with a glance at each other.