"But I didn't think much about it.

I thought only of--" Next moment her voice rose in a shriek, thin but impetuous, and imbued with a note of excited feeling which made every person there start.

"There should be _two_," she cried.

"_Two_! Why is there only one ?" This sounded like raving.

The doctor's face took on a look of concern, and the nurse stirred uneasily.
"One is not enough! That is why Adelaide is not satisfied; why she does not come and love and comfort me, as I expected her to.