She grew calmer.

Her father knew, she said to herself, she would trust his knowledge, and not fear what the future might hold in store.

And after she laid her head on her pillow, she kept her eyes fixed upon the beautiful stars until they closed in sleep.
On the following evening the doctor came as he had promised.

He began to suggest various places to Uncle Titus, but Aunt Ninette assured him rather curtly, that she was already on the track of something that promised to be satisfactory.

There were a great many things to be taken into consideration, she said, since Uncle Titus was to make so vast a change in his habits.