Everything which medical science and perfect nursing could do would be done.

The writer asked Lady Walderhurst's collaboration with him in his efforts at keeping the invalid as far as possible in unperturbed spirits.

For some time it seemed probable that letter writing and reading would be out of the question, but if, when correspondence might be resumed, Lady Walderhurst would keep in mind the importance of serenity to the convalescent, the case would have all in its favour.

This, combined with expressions of sympathetic encouragement and assurances that the best might be hoped for, was the gist of the letter.

When Dr.Warren arrived, Emily handed the epistle to him and watched him as he read it.
"You see," she said when he looked up, "that I did not speak too soon.
Now I shall have to trust to you for everything.