Still, it was a most elastic recovery from a great shock.
But the more her body recovered its strength, and her brain its clearness, the more was her mind agitated and distressed.
Her first horrible anxiety was for Walter's life.

The doctor showed no fear, but that might be his way.
It was a raging fever, with all the varieties that make fever terrible to behold.

He was never left without two attendants; and as Hope was in no danger now, though pitiably weak and slowly convalescent, Grace was often one of Walter's nurses.

So was Julia Clifford.

He sometimes recognized them for a little while, and filled their loving hearts with hope.