I thought , however , that I should have medical advice , and I took our old doctor into my confidence . He looked grave when he heard my story . I did not like his expression nor his few guarded remarks . He said he thought human aid would avail little ; she might come all right in time ; humor her , as far as possible , watch over her , protect her . He needed not to tell me THAT . The spring went out and summer came in -- and the horror deepened and darkened . I knew that suspicions were being whispered from lip to lip . We had been seen on our nightly quests . Men and women began to look at us pityingly when we went abroad . One day , on a dull , drowsy afternoon , the dream-child called . I knew then that the end was near ; the end had been near in the old grandmother 's case sixty years before when the dream-child called in the day . The doctor looked graver than ever when I told him , and said that the time had come when I must have help in my task . I could not watch by day and night . Unless I had assistance I would break down . I did not think that I should . Love is stronger than that . And on one thing I was determined -- they should never take my wife from me . No restraint sterner than a husband 's loving hand should ever be put upon her , my pretty , piteous darling . I never spoke of the dream-child to her . The doctor advised against it .
It would , he said , only serve XXXXX deepen the delusion .
against as from in near on over than to upon