Are you sure you are well, dear Norman ?" To which he answered, with displeasure, that he was as well as possible, ordered her not to go and make any more fuss, and left her hastily.

She was unhappy, and far from satisfied; she had never known his temper so much affected, and was much puzzled; but she was too much afraid of vexing him, to impart her perplexity even to Margaret.

However, the next day, Sunday, as she was reading to Margaret after church, her father came in, and the first thing he said was, "I want to know what you think of Norman." "How do you mean ?" said Margaret; "in health or spirits ?" "Both," said Dr.May.

"Poor boy! he has never held up his head since October, and, at his age, that is hardly natural.

He goes moping about, has lost flesh and appetite, and looks altogether out of older, shooting up like a Maypole too." "Mind and body," said Margaret, while Ethel gazed intently at her father, wondering whether she ought to speak, for Margaret did not know half what she did; nothing about the bad nights, nor what he called the "funny state." "Yes, both.