[Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade]@TWC D-Link bookPut Yourself in His Place CHAPTER XXVIII 2/14
"Hush!" said Doctor Amboyne.
"Surely I know that tune.
Yes, I have heard THE OTHER whistle it." "She has not sung for ever so long," remarked Mr.Carden. "And I think I can tell you why she is singing now: look at this picture of Hope; I just told her I had a male patient afflicted with her complaint, and the quick-witted creature asked me directly if I thought this picture would do him any good.
I said yes, and I'd take it to him." "Come, doctor, that couldn't make her SING." "Why not? Heart can speak to heart, even by a flower or a picture.
The separation was complete; sending this symbol has broken it a little, and so she is singing.
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