She says he is dying, and that there is only one man in the colony she believes able to cure him." "Father!" cried Hilda, flushing.
"Yes, my dear; and she begs that he will come to her in her great distress.

Here he is." For the doctor, after showing the men round to the stable, where they preferred to attend to their horses themselves, re-entered the room.
"Well, my dear, what do you think?
Lady O'Hara forgets that I have not practised for so long." "Lady O'Hara knows that she has spoken the truth," said Mrs Braydon proudly.
"Then you wish me to go ?" "No," said Mrs Braydon sadly; "but it is a duty you must fulfil." "It means going and leaving you all in a couple of hours' time," said the doctor.
"Yes, you must go at once," sighed Mrs Braydon.
"Yes, I must go," said the doctor.

"Perhaps I can save him." Then cheerfully, "Now, Nic, my boy, you must step into my shoes and play the man.

I leave the Bluff and all that is dear in your charge.

You manage old Samson and Brookes better than I do, and as for Leatherhead he has become twice the man he was since you have been here." Nic flushed a little, for the secret pricked him.
"And I am glad to see, my lad, that you keep him in his place with a tight rein.