ties came to an end. "Is there
anything more that I can do?" he asked.

"You can tell me," she said, "when I shall be well again."

Mr. Null was polite; Mr. Null was sympathetic. Mrs. Gallilee might
be herself again in a day or two--or Mrs. Gallilee might be unhappily
confined to her room for some little time. He had hope in his
prescription, and hope in perfect quiet and repose--he would suggest the
propriety of going to bed at once, and would not fail to call early the
next morning.

"Sit down again," said Mrs. Gallilee.

Mr. Null turned pale. He foresaw what was coming.

"You have been in attendance on Miss Carmina. I wish to know what her
illness is."

Mr. Null began to prevaricate at the outset. "The case causes us serious
anxiety. The complications are formidable. Doctor Benjulia himself--"

"In plain words, Mr. Null, can she be moved?"

This produced a definite answer. "Quite impossible."

She only ventured to put her next question after waiting a little to
control herself.

"Is that foreign woman, the nurse--the only nurse--in attendance?"

"Don't speak of her, Mrs. Gallilee! A dreadful woman; coarse, furious, a
perfect savage. When I suggested a second nurse--"

"I understand. You asked just now if you could do anything for me. You
can do me a great service--you can recommend me a trustworthy lawyer."

Mr. Null was surprised. As the old medical attendant of the family, he
was not unacquainted with the legal adviser. He mentioned Mr. Mool's
name.

"Mr. Mool has forfeited my confidence," Mrs. Gallilee announced. "Can
you, or can you not, recommend a lawyer?"

"Oh, certainly! My own lawyer."

"You will find writing materials on the table behind me. I won't keep
you more than five minutes. I want you to write from my dictation."

"My dear lady, in your present condition--"

"Do as I tell you! My head is quiet while I lie down. Even a woman in
my condition can say what she means to do. I shall not close my eyes
tonight, unless I can feel that I have put that wretch in her right
place. Who are your lawyers?"

Mr. Null mentioned the names, and took up his pen.

"Introduce me in the customary form," Mrs. Gallilee proceeded; "and then
refer the lawyers to my brother's Will. Is it done?"

In due time it was done.

"Tell them next, how my niece has been taken away from me, and where she
has been taken to."

To the best of his ability, Mr. Null complied.

"Now," said Mrs. Gallilee, "write wha