He has called for you incessantly.

You must let me help you--I am Mrs.Raimon, of Wagon Wheel--I knew him there." Mary understood the woman's humble attitude, but she did not encourage a caress.

She coldly replied: "I shall be very grateful.

He is very ill, and I shall not leave him till his friends come." She thought immediately of Jack, and sent a telegram saying: "Harold is here ill--come at once." She did not know where to reach Mr.Excell, so could only wait to consult Jack.
Mrs.Raimon remained with her and was so unobtrusively ready to do good that Mary's heart softened toward her--though she did not like her florid beauty and her display of jewels.
A telegram from Jack came during the evening: "Do all you can for Harold.

Will reach him to-night." He came in at eleven o'clock, his face knotted into anxious lines.