At intervals he seemed almost restored when a sudden relapse would cause a renewed return of the symptoms attending his flattering disease.

Still they were hopeful that with the returning spring health would be restored the patient invalid.

Throughout the severe dispensation Gerald Bereford manifested no irritation, no fretfulness, no complaining.

He seemed to be happy in appreciating the labors of his beautiful wife.

On one occasion, when she asked if he did not weary of his sickness, he quietly replied: "Darling Rosamond, it has shown that you are willing to sacrifice every pleasure in devotion to one who can never fully repay such a debt of gratitude.