19/35 As she had sat through the day, so she lay now, her eyes fixed in the same intent gaze, as on something unfolding itself before her. When the nurses had ceased to move about, the house was wrapped in a stillness more complete than of old, for the clock had not been touched since the night when the weight fell. In the room you might have heard now and then a deep sigh, such sigh as comes from a soul overcharged. She did not directly speak of Wilfrid, and only when she sat in significant silence, Emily said: 'To-morrow I shall go downstairs. Will you ask Mr.Athel to come and see me ?' 'Gladly I will. |