Let her room be shaded and kept quiet. She
needs rest and sleep. Sleep is one of nature's great restorers."
"Will you make no prescription, Doctor?" the mother asked.
I reflected on the symptoms exhibited, for a few moments, and then
said,
"Nothing beyond repose, now. I trust that nature, as the pressure is
removed, will work all right again."
"You will call in again to-day."
"Yes; towards evening I will see your daughter, when I hope to find
her improved in every way."
I spoke with a cheerfulness of manner that did not altogether
express my feelings in the case; for, there were some indications,
not yet clear enough for a diagnosis, that awakened slight concern.
As I did not wish to go wrong in my first prescription, I deemed it
better to wait a few hours, and see how nature would succeed in her
efforts to repel the enemy. So I went away, with a promise to call
again early in the afternoon.
CHAPTER IX.
It was between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, when I called
again at the Allen House. An old colored servant, who had been in
the family ever since my remembrance--she went by the name of
"Aunty"--was standing by the gate as I alighted from my chaise.
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