I will sit by her the while, and by plying her with cordials and such food as she can swallow, strive to feed her feeble strength; and if the flames seem coming nearer and nearer, I will make shift to dress her in such warm and easy garments as are best suited to the journey she may have to take.

And I will trust to you to be back to save us ere the danger be over great." "That I will! that I will!" cried the eager husband.

"The plan is an excellent one! I will lose not a moment in acting upon it.

I like not the look of yon sky.

I fear me there will be no staying the raging of the flames.