Steady, Dan, boy.

An' don't leave me!" Byrne caught a signal from Kate and followed her obediently from the room.
"Let them be alone," she said.
"Impossible!" protested the doctor.

"Your father is lapsed into a most dangerous condition.

The physical inertia which has held him for so long is now broken and I look for a dangerous mental and nervous collapse to accompany it.

A sedative is now imperative!" He laid his hand on the knob of the door to return, but the girl blocked his way.
"Don't go in," she commanded feebly.