Carmel had been lying quietly previous to this outbreak, but suddenly started into feverish life and, raising herself up in her bed, pointed straight before her and uttered the words we have so often repeated.

That's all there was to it, and I don't see for my part, what you have gained by a repetition of the same, or why you lay so much stress upon her gesture.

What she said was the thing, though even that is immaterial from a legal point of view--which is the only view of any importance to you or to me, at this juncture." "You're a true friend to me," I answered, "and never more so than in this instance.

Forgive me that I cannot show my appreciation of your goodness, or thank you properly for your performance of an uncongenial task.

I am sunk deep in trouble.