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Please take a bit of broth You must You truly must"

To please her, I opened my lips to her spoon, and she trickled a bit of liquid into ed, and she held a towel as I retched I slipped into darkness oncewas croith people; but Robbie was not there

Alexander and Barry Norere talking to me but I could not hear their voices, only their mouthshis na, hard hands shook ht streamed into the room; I could feel it on my face, see the veins inlady, it is tie man's voice "D'ye want to die and leave your lad a er? Rouse yourself, now!" Again I was roughly shaken He spoke to so salts, which I had never before known so closely, assaulted my senses, and I twisted ue was very thick "You've still a bit of fight left in ye! Get her up, now Raise her onto the pillows"

I had no strength in ht My neck could not support , and then I heard Robbie's voice above the ringing in h, sir! Take your hands off her"

"Laddie, this girl will die if she does not rouse today She , she is quite safe in that respect; but she will die if she does not receive some nourishment today"

His words elcome I was ready to die I did not want to return to the world to live with ladly accept death as my punishhtly tobrokenly, and I heard Cathy cry out I wanted to comfort him but I did not knohat to say His sobs went on and on, and I fought against consciousness, wishing I could cover my ears I could feel the heat in the roo about, and knew that I was not at Grant's Hill, and that it was not John eeping, but some other man

"If only I had not-"