* * * * * Dr. Ames came to Four Winds that night and again the next day . He found Harmon delirious in a high fever . `` It will be several days before he comes to his senses , '' he said . `` Shall I send you help to nurse him ? '' `` It is n't necessary , '' said Emily stiffly . `` I can look after him -- and the Captain ought to be back tomorrow . '' `` You 've no idea who he is , I suppose ? '' asked the doctor . `` No . '' Emily was quite sincere . Lynde had not told her , and Emily did not recognize him . `` Well , Mr. Douglas did a brave thing in rescuing him , '' said Dr. Ames . `` I 'll be back tomorrow . '' Harmon remained delirious for a week . Alan went every day to Four Winds , his interest in a man he had rescued explaining his visits to the Rexton people . The Captain had returned and , though not absolutely uncivil , was taciturn and moody . Alan reflected grimly that Captain Anthony probably owed him a grudge for saving Harmon 's life . He never saw Lynde alone , but her strained , tortured face made his heart ache . Old Emily only seemed her natural self . She waited on Harmon and Dr. Ames considered her a paragon of a nurse .
Alan thought it was well that Emily knew nothing more of XXXXX than that he was an old friend of Captain Anthony 's .
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