16/48 Is there anything----" "Why, there's the very thing," interrupted the monk. (He fumbled in his pocket a moment.) "Yes, here's the leaflet that was issued last night." (He held out a printed piece of paper to Monsignor.) "Read that through." The prelate took it. It's decay of the optic nerve--a Russian from St.Petersburg.Both eyes completely blind, the nerves destroyed, and he saw light yesterday for the first time. He'll be down from the Russian hospice about eleven. We expect a cure to-day or to-morrow." "Well," said Father Jervis, "we mustn't detain you. |