"I have known you a long time, you see, and am as fond of you as of a brother," she said.

" How do you find Andrew?" she added hurriedly, not giving him time to reply to her affectionate words.

"I am very anxious about him.

His health was better in the winter, but last spring his wound reopened and the doctor said he ought to go away for a cure.

And I am also very much afraid for him spiritually.