"You will do harm if you stay." But Eustace resisted him.

"I am here for a definite purpose," he said, "and I have no intention of relinquishing it.

She has come through so far without it, I am not going to give in at this stage." "And you think your treatment has done her good ?" said Scott, with a glance at the drawn, motionless face on the pillow.
"Ultimate good is what I am aiming at," his brother returned stubbornly.
Scott's hold became a grip.

He leaned suddenly down and spoke in a whisper.

"If I had known you were up to this, I'm damned if I'd have stayed away!" he said tensely.
"Stumpy!" Eustace opened his eyes in amazement.