I will go in and give him a strong restorative, and tell him that you are here." In three or four minutes, he came to the door of the chamber, and beckoned to Desmond to enter.
"The sound of your name has roused him from the lethargy, into which he seemed sinking," he whispered.

"When I told him that I could not allow you to enter, until he had taken the draught that I gave him, he swallowed it eagerly." Desmond went up to the bedside, and took the hand which lay on the coverlet.

The pressure was slightly returned, and Philip's lips moved, but he spoke so faintly that Desmond had to lean over him, to hear the words.
"I am glad, indeed, that you are safe and sound.

I have been reproaching myself, bitterly, that I should have brought you into this fatal business.

As to the rest of it, I dare not even think of it; but I shall die all the easier for knowing that you have escaped." "I escaped for a good purpose, Philip.