Lawson,
I have such good news. The doctor has just gone out and he says that
every symptom is favorable and that he has every reason to believe
that he may rally very soon."
"God grant it Miss Verne," said Philip, going on tiptoe towards the
couch, and gazing wistfully upon the emaciated features of his old
friend.
"This is my night to remain with papa, but the doctor bade me ask
you to take my place. He seemed very anxious that I should do so and
I am willing to do anything that may be deemed necessary."
"Strange that I came here purposely to make the same request," said
the young man, looking gravely into the girl's face.
"How good of you, Mr. Lawson."
But Phillip Lawson needs no praise, and Marguerite goes on with her
work, occasionally glancing at the time-piece to see how long her
father had been sleeping.
And we come now to the hour of midnight. Trinity had sent forth its
hallowed chime, and the echoes had died away in the calm stillness
of the night.
Silence reigned in "Sunnybank," not a sound save the heavy tick of
the old clock that stood at the top of the grand stairway. Phillip
Lawson with book in hand was trying to while away the hours and to
divert his mind from the unpleasant thoughts that now and then would
arise with peculiar vividness.
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