Go, doctor, but don't leave the house without seeing me again." They were glad he was so easily satisfied, but knew he would not be if his mind were quite clear.
Dick had come home in strong excitement, rumors of the accident having met him on the way.

The horses had taken fright at the sudden shriek of a locomotive, and the breaking of a defective bit had deprived the old gentleman of the power to control them.

They ran madly down a steep embankment, wrecking the carriage and throwing both passengers out upon a bed of stones.
Pale and trembling the lad went straight to his mother's room where he found her lying moaning on the bed, recognizing no one, unconscious of anything that was going on about her.
He discovered that he loved her far more than he would have believed; he thought her dying, and his heart smote him, as memory recalled many a passionate, undutiful word he had spoken to her; often, it is true, under great provocation, but oh, what would he not now have given to recall them.
He had much ado to control his emotion sufficiently to ask the doctor what he thought of her case.

He was somewhat comforted by the reply, "The injury to the head is very serious, yet I by no means despair of her life." "What can I do for her ?" was the boy's next question in an imploring tone as though he would esteem it a boon to be permitted to do something for her relief.
"Nothing; we have plenty of help here, and you are too inexperienced for a nurse," Dr.Barton said, not unkindly.

"But see to your sister Molly," he added.