Widdowson hoped that it signified a condition for which he was anxiously waiting.

That, however, did not seem to be the case.

The medical man who was called in asked questions about the patient's mode of life.

Did she take enough exercise?
Had she wholesome variety of occupation?
At these inquiries Widdowson inwardly raged.

He was tormented with a suspicion that they resulted from something Monica had said to the doctor.
She kept her bed for three or four days, and on rising could only sit by the fireside, silent, melancholy.