We considered that there might be some shock to a woman's mind in matters of apparent mystery; and further, that she, being Mr.Trelawny's daughter, might be placed in a difficult position with him afterward if she took part in, or even had a personal knowledge of, the disregarding of his expressed wishes.

But when I remembered that she did not come on nursing duty till two o'clock, the fear of interruption passed away.

I had still nearly three house before me.

Nurse Kennedy sat in her chair by the bedside, patient and alert.

A clock ticked on the landing; other clocks in the house ticked; the life of the city without manifested itself in the distant hum, now and again swelling into a roar as a breeze floating westward took the concourse of sounds with it.