"I can't tell you how thankful I am to think that you don't want David to go and run these horrible risks." "No fear of that, I promise you," he assured her once more.

"David will be busy enough pulling the strings another way." The doctor entered the room and shook hands with Hunterleys.

There was no news, he declared, nothing to be done.

The patient must continue in his present condition for several more hours at least.

The symptoms were, in their way, favourable.