'It's a break-up of the system altogether. Is she dozing, old

The attendant stooped over the bed, to ascertain; and nodded in

'Then perhaps she'll go off in that way, if you don't make a

row,' said the young man. 'Put the light on the floor. She

The attendant did as she was told: shaking her head meanwhile,

to intimate that the woman would not die so easily; having done

so, she resumed her seat by the side of the other nurse, who had

by this time returned. The mistress, with an expression of