"My dear," he said, "you talk like a hysterical child! Lie down at once, and don't be ridiculous!" She wavered perceptibly before his insistence.

"If I do, Scott must give me a draught.

I can't do without it--indeed--indeed!" "You are going to do without it to-night," Eustace said, with cool decision.

"Scott is worn out and has gone to bed.

I made him promise to stay there unless he was rung for.