I shall get someone down from town to-morrow.

I'd go tonight, only--" he broke off, hammering impotently with his clenched fist on the arm of his chair.

"I must be at hand to-night," he said, after a moment, controlling himself.

"The mater has promised to call me if there is any change.

You see," he spoke half-apologetically, "she might feel kind of lonely waking up in a crowd of strangers, and mine is the only face she knows." Silence followed the words.