And after that another paroxysm of pain came on; and then his mind began to wander, and we feared his death was approaching: but an opiate was administered: his sufferings began to abate, he gradually became more composed, and at length sank into a kind of slumber.

He has been quieter since; and now Hattersley has left him, expressing a hope that he shall find him better when he calls to-morrow.
'Perhaps I may recover,' he replied; 'who knows?
This may have been the crisis.

What do you think, Helen ?' Unwilling to depress him, I gave the most cheering answer I could, but still recommended him to prepare for the possibility of what I inly feared was but too certain.

But he was determined to hope.

Shortly after he relapsed into a kind of doze, but now he groans again.
There is a change.