place.
They left him in my charge!"

"There is no reason to distress yourself about that, my Rose. He
was innocently occupied, and there was no cause to expect harm.
There's all good hope for him, with God's blessing. Who is with him
now?"

"Cook is there now. Both the maids were so kind and hearty,
declaring they would do anything, and were not afraid; and I can
manage very well with their help. You know papa had a low fever at
Montreal, and mamma and I nursed him through it, so I know pretty
well what to do."

"But how about the baby?"

"Emma came back before the doctor came, crying piteously, poor
child, as if she had had a sufficient lesson; so I said she might
stay her month on her good behaviour, and now we could not send her
out of the house. I have brought the nursery down to the spare
room, and in the large attic, with plenty of disinfecting fluid, we
can, as the doctor said, isolate the fever. He is quiet and sleepy,
and I do not think it will be hard to manage, if you will only be
good and conformable."

"I don't promise, if that means that you are to do everything and I
nothing. When did Worth see him?"

"Not till five o'clock: and he would not have come at all, if Anne
had not sent in some one from the Hall when she saw how anxious I
was. He would not have come otherwise; he is so horribly busy, with
lots of cases at Wil'sboro'. Now, if you have done, you may come
and see my boy."

Julius did see a flushed sleeping face that did not waken at his
entrance; and as his wife settled herself for her watch, he felt as
if he could not leave her after such a day as she had had, but an
indefinable apprehension made him ask whether she would spare him to
run up to the Hall to see his mother and ask after Raymond, whose
looks had haunted him all day. She saw he would not rest otherwise,
and did not show how unwilling was her consent, for though she knew
little, her mind misgave her.

He made his way into the Hall by the back door, and found his mother
still in the drawing-room, and Raymond dozing in the large arm-chair
by the fire. Mrs. Poynsett gave a warning look as Julius bent over
her, but Raymond only opened his eyes with a dreamy gaze, without
speaking. "Why, mother, where are the rest?"

"Poor Frank--I hope it is only the shock and fatigue; but Dr. Worth
wished him to be kept as quiet as possible. He can't bear to see
any one in the room, so that good Anne said she would sit in
Cha