You need apprehend no
neglect on my part, Hawkehurst; all that can possibly be done is being
done. Dr. Doddleson's instructions are carefully obeyed, and--"
"Is this Dr. Doddleson competent to grapple with the case?" asked
Valentine; "I never heard of him as a great man."
"That fact proves how little you know of the medical profession."
"I know nothing of it; I have had no need for doctors in my life. And you
think this Dr. Doddleson really clever?"
"His position is a sufficient answer to that question."
"Will you let me telegraph for him--this afternoon--immediately?"
"You cannot telegraph from this place."
"No, but from St. Leonards I can. Do you think I am afraid of a
five-mile walk?"
"But why send for Dr. Doddleson? The treatment he prescribed is the
treatment we are now following to the letter. To summon him down here
would be the merest folly. Our poor Charlotte's illness is, so far, free
from all alarming symptoms."
"You do not see the change in her that I can see," cried Valentine
piteously. "For mercy's sake, Mr. Sheldon, let me have my way in this. I
cannot stand by and see my dear one fading and do nothing--nothing to
save her. Let me send for this man. Let me see him myself, and hear what
he says. You can have no objection to his coming, since he is the man you
have chosen for Charlotte's adviser? It can only be a question of
expense.
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