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In the plans made for Helena's release, Mrs. Postlethwaite's consent had not been obtained nor was she supposed to be acquainted with the doctor's intentions towards the child whose death she was hourly awaiting.
But as this question was necessarily put in Mrs. Postlethwaite's presence, the answer was naturally guarded, and possibly not altogether frank. "Our young lady is weaker," he acknowledged. "Much weaker," he added with marked emphasis and his most professional air, "or she would be here instead of in her own room. It grieves her not to be able to wait upon her generous benefactress."
He was wandering the corridors like a helpless child, when a gentle hand fell on his arm and a soft voice whispered in his ear: "You have a story to tell. Will you tell it to me? It may save Miss Postlethwaite's life." Did he understand? Would he respond if he did; or would the shock of her appeal restore him to a sense of the danger attending disloyalty?
I was still under the sway of this new impression, when Mrs. Postlethwaite's voice rose again, this time addressing the young girl: "You may go," she said, with such force in the command for all its honeyed modulation, that I expected to see its object fly the room in frightened obedience.
"I will look into Miss Postlethwaite's case more particularly," were his parting words. And with this one gleam of comfort I had to be content. Monday's interview was a brief one and contained nothing worth repeating. Mrs.
When that was over he entered into his own, regaling his comrades with droll stories, creating a witty atmosphere at his own corner by his taste for repartee. "In the supremest Poetry, Shakespeare's for instance, or Postlethwaite's, or Shelley's one always feels that," &c., &c., &c.
And thus it was that Violet Strange an adept in more ways than one became installed at the bedside of this mysterious woman, whose days, if numbered, still held possibilities of action which those interested in young Helena Postlethwaite's fate would do well to recognize. Miss Strange had been at her post for two days, and had gathered up the following: That Mrs. Postlethwaite must be obeyed.
Postlethwaite's complete thrall, and watched with fascinated eyes every movement of the one unstricken finger which could do so much. This little detective of ours could be an excellent actor when she chose. To make the old man speak! To force this conscience-stricken but rebellious soul to reveal what the clock forbade! How could it be done? This continued to be Violet's great problem. Mrs.
And below, one clock struck the hour and then another. But not the big one at the foot of the stairs. That still stood silent, with its hands pointing to the hour and minute of Frank Postlethwaite's hastened death. Violet had gone to her room. She had a task before her.
The deathly calm which overspread Mrs. Postlethwaite's features as this word left the physician's lips warned Violet not to let another day go by without some action. But she made no remark, and, indeed, betrayed but little interest in anything beyond her own patient's condition. That seemed to occupy her wholly. With consummate art she gave the appearance of being under Mrs.
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