Hiram listened without hearing; he was absorbed in observing the diagnosis.

He knew nothing of medicine, but he did know good workmanship.

As the physician worked, his admiration and confidence grew.

He began to feel better--not physically better, but that mental relief which a courageous man feels when the peril he is facing is stripped of the mystery that made it a terror.

After perhaps three quarters of an hour, Schulze withdrew to the laboratory, saying: "That's all.