Of course, I cannot say how rapid the progress of the disease has been." "It may not be a week, doctor.

I am not at all afraid of hearing your sentence--indeed, I can see it in your eyes." "It may be within a week"-- the doctor bowed his head gravely--"it may be at any time." "Thank you!" she said, quietly.

"I was sure it could not be long.

I have been teaching, but three weeks ago I had to give up my last pupil.
My breath is so short that the slightest exertion brings on a fit of coughing." On her return home she said to Gregory: "My dear boy, you must have seen--you cannot have helped seeing--that my time is not long here.

I have seen an English doctor today, and he says the end may come at any moment." "Oh, Mother, Mother!" the lad cried, throwing himself on his knees, and burying his face in her lap, "don't say so!" The news, indeed, did not come as a surprise to him.