The air was hot and heavy . Mrs. Hart stood at the foot of the bed with her tragic face . `` We have to set up nights with him now , '' she said . `` It 's awful hard on me and my man . The neighbours are kind enough and come sometimes , but most of them have enough to do . His medicine has to be given every half hour . I 've been up for three nights running now . Jabez was off to the tavern for two . I 'm just about played out . '' She suddenly broke down and began to cry , or rather whimper , in a heart-broken way . Corona looked troubled . `` I wish I could come tonight , Mrs. Hart , but I 'm afraid I 'm really not strong enough yet . '' `` I do n't know much about sickness , '' spoke up Frances firmly , `` but if to sit by the child and give him his medicine regularly is all that is necessary , I am sure I can do that . I 'll come and sit up with Jacky tonight if you care to have me . '' Afterwards , when she and Corona were driving away , she wondered a good deal at herself . But Corona was so evidently pleased with her offer , and took it all so much as a matter of course , that Frances had not the courage to display her wonder . They had their drive through the great green bowl of the country valley , brimming over with sunshine , and afterwards Corona made Frances go home with her to tea . Rev. Elliott Sherwood had got back from his pastoral visitations , and was training his sweet peas in the way they should go against the garden fence . He was in his shirt sleeves and wore a big straw hat , and seemed in nowise disconcerted thereby . Corona introduced him , and he took Grey Tom away and put him in the barn .
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