We must not let it die.

But you must be careful," she continued.

"That bottle leaks all round the cork.

Spread part of my skirt over you." Dora followed this advice, for she had not considered a milk-stained lap among the contingent circumstances of the afternoon.

Holding the bottle over the listless animal, she managed to get some drops on its tongue.
"Now," said Miriam, "we will put that in its mouth, and shut its jaws, and perhaps it may begin to suck.