Take all the time you need to make yourself ready.

I will remain and assist you as best I can." A clear-seeing and controlling mind was just what Doctor Hillhouse needed at that moment.

He saw the value of Doctor Kline's suggestion, and promptly accepted it.

Doctor Angier was despatched to the residence of Mr.Carlton to advise that gentleman of the brief delay and to make needed preparations for the work that was to be done.
The very necessity felt by Doctor Hillhouse for a speedy repression of the excitement from which he was suffering helped to increase the disturbance, and it was only after he had used a stimulant stronger than he wished to take that he found his nerves becoming quiet and the hand on whose steadiness so much depended growing firm.
At half-past twelve Doctor Hillhouse, in company with Doctor Kline, arrived at Mr.Carlton's.

The white face and scared look of the female servant who admitted them showed how strongly fear and sympathy were at work in the house.