CHAPTER XI.
THE MEDICAL LADY INTERVENES.
Miss Prudence did not appear at afternoon
tea, so the symptoms of her sister, her
refusal, or, at least, disinclination to call in
a doctor, her extraordinary confusion and
contradictory statements, as detailed by Mrs.
Wilcox, were canvassed with much freedom
by the boarders present. Mrs. Wilcox
discreetly abstained from mentioning her
suspicions, or using the ugly word "infection,"
but she privately requested the medical lady
to visit the invalid, and make a truthful report
as to her condition.
The medical lady was a woman who had no weakness about her. She always recommended drastic remedies, and applied them if possible. She professed to enjoy her cold tub in the iciest weather. Nothing would persuade her that anyone who paled or
