Mrs Maylie and Oliver passed a sleepless night , and Rose grew steadily worse as the fever burned in her. Oliver said every prayer he had ever learnt ten times over.

 

Late the next day Dr Losberne and Harry Maylie arrived and he house was full of worried faces and anxious whispers. But the danger passed , and by the next night Dr Losberne was able to announce that, though seriously ill, Rose would not die . Oliver cried for joy.

 

A day or two later, Mrs Maylie talked privately to her son. Harry was a handsome young man of about twenty- five, with a cheerful , honest face and friendly manners . He was clearly very fond of Rose.