Have you had your tea ?" Adelaide shook her head.

"I _could_ not eat," she said sadly.
"You ought at least to _try_; it would do you good," he urged.
"No, you will not?
well, then, you will lie down; indeed, you must; you will certainly be ill." Adelaide looked the question she dared not ask.
"No," he said, "there's no _immediate_ danger, and if there should be any important change I will call you." And, reassured on that point, she yielded to his persuasions and went to bed..