It is really a state of coma, and I wish her to waken in this house, amid the scenes with which she was formerly familiar.

By this means I hope to induce her mental faculties to resume their normal functions." Mrs.Rogers accepted this proposal with calmness and a confidence in the physician that was admirable.

Old Will trembled with nervous excitement, and was so "flustered" by the importance of the experiment that Dr.Hoyt decided to give him a quieting potion.
Lucy's room was prepared in the exact manner in which she had left it, and presently the visitors drove back to Elmhurst.
In the evening the doctor made the journey a second time, accompanying the unconscious form of Lucy, which was attended by a maid Louise had sent with her.
The girl was undressed and put to bed in her own room, and then everyone except Dr.Hoyt returned to Elmhurst.
The physician sat late in conversation with the blind woman and old Will, and when they retired for the night he lay down upon a lounge in the little living-room.

The question of fees or of comfort was wholly ignored by the specialist at the moment.

His sole interest was in his remarkable case.
Mrs.Rogers rose at daylight and with old Will's assistance prepared the breakfast.