"Oh, please don't say anything about it! I am so sorry you overheard.

Oh, Miss Danton, you won't tell ?" "Certainly not," answered Kate, startled by her emotion.

"I merely thought he might be the friend you came in search of." "Oh, no, no! Doctor Danton has been my friend; I owe him more than I can ever repay.

He is the best, and noblest, and most generous of men.

He was my friend when I had no friend in the world--when, but for him, I might have died.