She is going to board near the school where Godfrey is placed." "Shall I see her ?" "She thinks it best not to risk coming into the chamber, lest she should carry the infection to Godfrey." "I suppose that is only prudent," returned the sick man, but in his heart he wished that his wife had shown less prudence, and a little more feeling for him.
"Have you thought of any nurse ?" he asked.
"I have thought of the widow Burke." "She might not dare to come." "She has had the disease.

I know this from a few slight marks still left on her face.

Of course, you would be willing to pay a liberal price ?" "Any price," said Colonel Preston, energetically.

"It is a service which, I assure you, I shall not soon forget." "I must see her at once, for your wife will leave directly." "Pray, do so," said Colonel Preston.

"Tell my wife," he said, after a pause, "that I hope soon to have recovered, so that it may be safe for her to come back." There was a subdued bitterness in his voice, which the doctor detected, and did not wonder at.