No one knew I had come, and all the way I was thinking of her out all night in the dark and rain; and then the good news came, and it-- made me feel--feel--" Kitty's head fell forward again, and the world seemed to rock and sway, and recede farther and farther from her, when a voice said, "Leave her to me," and some one lifted her up and laid her on a couch, and then something was held to her lips and her nose, and presently Kitty began to feel that the rest of the world was not so very, very far off after all, and then she sighed and opened her eyes, and saw a strange face looking down at her.

It was rather a tired, anxious face, but it smiled very kindly at Kitty.
"Better now ?" asked Dr.Yearsley.
"Yes, thank you," whispered Kitty.

"How funny!" "I am glad you can see any fun in it," said the doctor with the ghost of a smile.

"It is the only funny thing that has happened in this unlucky house for the last day or two.

But it isn't the sort of humour I appreciate." "I am so sorry," said Kitty, trying to rise, "only I have never fainted before, and it seemed so odd that I should.