She is a helpless cripple, and never leaves her bed.

She has probably been watching us from the window.

She always watches for me.

She will wonder if I do not bring you in to see her.

Please come," he said with a tone which it was impossible to resist; and Mercy went.
Mrs.White had indeed been watching them from the window; but Stephen had reckoned without his host, or rather without his hostess, when he assured Mercy that his mother would be so glad to see her.