"
Garth lay back, panting, and pressed his hands over his sightless
face.
"Doctor," he said, "I know I have given you heaps of trouble, and
to-day you must think me a fool. But if you do not wish me to go mad
in my blindness, send that girl away. Do not let her enter my room
again."
"Now, Mr. Dalmain," said Dr. Mackenzie patiently; "let us consider
this thing. We may take it you have nothing against this young lady
excepting a chance resemblance in her voice to that of a friend of
yours now far away. Was not this other lady a pleasant person?"
Garth laughed suddenly, bitterly; a laugh like a hard, sob. "Oh,
yes," he said, "she was quite a pleasant person."
"'Rosemary for remembrance,'" quoted Dr. Rob. "Then why should not
Nurse Rosemary call up a pleasant remembrance? Also it seems to me
to be a kind, sweet, womanly voice, which is something to be
thankful for nowadays, when so many women talk, fit to scare the
crows; cackle, cackle, cackle--like stones rattling in a tin
canister.
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