Without giving any positive opinion, I could see that he had abandoned all hope of Julian's recovery.

'We are in the hands of Providence, Mr.Holmcroft;' those were his last words as he set me down at my mother's door.
"I have hardly the heart to go on.

If I studied my own wishes, I should feel inclined to stop here.
"Let me, at least, hasten to the end.

In two or three days' time I received my first intelligence of the patient and his nurse.

Lady Janet informed me that he had recognized her.