He was so overjoyed at this happy change in his wife's condition that he had no thought to spare at this moment for the peril of the city.

He asked for no news as Dinah appeared; and indeed it was very necessary that the patient should not be in any wise alarmed or excited.
Dinah, however, was becoming very uneasy as time went on; and she was certain that the air grew darker than could be accounted for by the falling dusk, and upon going to the east window as the twilight fell, she was appalled by the awful glare in the sky, and was certain that now, indeed, she did begin to distinguish the roaring of the flames as the wind drifted them ever onwards and onwards.
Had it not been for the exceedingly critical state in which the patient lay, she would have suggested her removal before things grew worse.

As it was, it might be death to move her; and perhaps the flames would be stayed ere they reached the noble cathedral pile.

Surely every effort would be made for that end.

It was difficult to imagine that the citizens would not combine together in some great and mighty effort to save their homes and their sanctuary before it should be too late.
"What an awful sight!" exclaimed a soft voice behind her.