'It was very wrong of Miss Crofton to neglect your medicine. Mr.
Hale will be extremely angry when he hears of it.'

'I do not think Milly will be much worse for the omission,' I
answered quietly.

After this we sat silently waiting for the doctor's appearance. He
came in about a quarter of an hour, and pronounced himself better
pleased with his patient than he had been the night before. There
had been a modification of the more troublesome symptoms of the
fever towards morning.

I told him of my omission to give the medicine.

'That was very wrong,' he said.

'Yet you see she had a better night, Mr. Hale. I suppose that
medicine was intended to modify those attacks of sickness from which
she has suffered so much?'

'To prevent them altogether, if possible.'

'That is very strange. It really appears to me that the medicine
always increases the tendency to sickness.'

Mr. Hale shook his head impatiently.

'You don't know what you are talking about, Miss Crofton,' he said.