CHAPTER ELEVEN.

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"But I have," he said, "and she has gone home."

"Quite cured?" I said.

"Quite cured! Bah! It was easy enough. My doctoring was no good, what she wanted was to see the gentleman again whom she believed to have slighted her. I set people to work to find him. They found him, and the poor child has recovered rapidly and I don't believe she well can have a relapse. It was all a mistake or a misunderstanding that was all, and now matters are as happy as the day is long."

I could not help wishing then that he might as easily solve the cause of so many others' terrible state; but when I hinted at such a thing he shook his head.

"Such cases as hers are easy to manage, Miss Stoneleigh; I wish I could deal with my other patients as well."