the solemn way she talked that she was saying good-bye to him,
as much as he'd let her. She told me that as soon as it began to get
on her brain, really, and she got worse (we always called it "getting
worse"), she was going up to Dr. Jarvyse's place, and he wasn't to see
her at all.

"I want him to remember me--as I was," she said. It certainly was
tough. I used to cry about it, when I was alone, sometimes. You get
awfully fond of some patients.

He stayed the next night, too, and I took my regular nap from ten to
one. I could nearly always count on that, and I'd got so I woke the
moment she did. I was fast asleep when I felt her touch me, and I
woke, feeling scared, for she almost never did that.

"What is it?" I said, half awake. "Is she coming nearer?"

"Miss Jessop, dear Miss Jessop, she isn't here at all!" she said,
shaking and crying. "I've been awake an hour, and she hasn't come
to-night! Oh, _do_ you think, _do_ you----"

"Yes, I do," I said, though I was pretty excited myself, I can tell
you. "I believe you're getting better, Miss Elton, and now I think
I'll have Miss Avidson rub you, and see if we can get through the night
all right."

The Swedish woman put her right to sleep, working over her head, and we
never opened our eyes till nine. One of the guides told me that Mr.
Ferrau had been called to the city early, and had left quietly, not to
disturb us, but we were both so delighted and yet so anxious not to be
delighted too soon, that we didn't notice his going much. She ate
three good meals that day, besides her tea, and we walked five or six
miles--I wanted to wear her out. And that night she slept right
through!

We waited one night more, to be certain, and then I 'phoned the doctor.

"Hurray!" he yelled, so I nearly dropped the receiver. "Bully for you!
Keep out for a week and then move in--with a light. Drop the light in
another week. Then I'll send 'em all off to Beachmount." This was
their Long Island place.

Well, it all worked out perfectly. She gained nine pounds in three
weeks, and I don't know when I've been so pleased. The old people came
up to see her, and I spent most of my time convincing them that it was
no case for tiaras and sunbursts, as I never wore them. Mrs. Elton
really looked almost human. She cried so that I finally had to take a
little string of pearls. They were small, but all matched, and she
said I could wear them under my blouse and I could alw