"We must break in the door," he said.

"Now, together!" and the bolt gave way.
His father lay as if asleep.

"Go for the doctor at once! Bring him back with you.

Run!" he cried to the servant.

Custom and instinct said, "Send for the doctor," but he knew in his heart that no ministrations would ever reach the still figure on the bed, upon which, for the moment, he could not look.