I held the bottle up to the light, and found that it was still nearly half full.

Mr.
Engelman forbade me to remove the stopper.

It was very important, he said, that no air should be admitted to the bottle, except when there was an actual necessity for administering the remedy.
"I took it away with me the same night," he went on.

"And a wretched state of mind I was in, between my anxiety to give the medicine to poor dear Keller immediately, and my fear of taking such a serious responsibility entirely on myself.

Madame Fontaine, always just in her views, said, 'You had better wait and consult the doctors.' She made but one condition (the generous creature!) relating to herself.