The utmost she now hoped for, with any certainty, was to have liberty to be with him constantly till the end.

Finally, she told Mrs.Bellairs of her intention of going to the jail that day and announcing her claim to the first place by the prisoner's sick bed.

Mrs.Bellairs thought a little over this plan, then she said, "It is impossible that in this weather you can be constantly going backwards and forwards between here and the jail.

At our house you would be scarcely three minutes' drive away, and there is always the sleigh and Bob.

You and Lucia must come and stay with us." And to this plan after much opposition and argument they were all obliged to give in; Mr.Strafford and Lucia were called into council, but Mrs.Bellairs was resolved.
"You shall see nobody," she said.