Chapter VIII

Linda stayed away from business for a week, during which time she nursed her grandmother devotedly, hardly leaving her even for a few moments in the fresh air. When Bill Sargent came in from the bank he used to knock at the sitting-room door before he went up to his own room. “Have you been out to-day?” was invariably his first question, and if Linda said no, he would say: “Well, put on your hat and go now. I’ll stay here.” The nurse whom the doctor had sent in when Mrs. Lovelace was at her worst had departed, part…