For when at the door I turned, startled at the deathly silence, I saw he had fainted on his pillow.

I could not leave him so.

Calling to Mrs.Daniels, who was never far from my father in those days, I bade her stop the lady--I believe I called her my wife--who was going down the stairs, and then rushed to his side.

It took minutes to revive him.

When he came to himself it was to ask for the creature who had flashed like a beacon of light upon his darkening path.