Chapter 11 No.11

Albert sank into a feverish sleep that night, with a vague perception of four figures in the room-Maud, her mother, Hartley, and the young doctor. When he awoke fully in the morning his head felt prodigiously hot and heavy.

It was early dawn, and the lamp was burning brightly. Outside, a man's feet could be heard on the squealing snow-a sound wh