Show BEAUTYS DAUGHTER by kathleen fleen norris 0 It kathleen athleen herrin Serl service ce CHAPTER XIV continued then they were inthe in the sickroom vicky watching her husbands rather than the patients face her own oi fac reflecting tile the fluctuations of feel n she saw there Quen quenta tm the te sick man sa d clutching t his s hand all personal f app c f n V VP 1 1 P fi aps 0 lif if arl ar 1 l l dra y yi I 1 ri r ii i fo rao atiq feno cv crt y for forgac goe Goc sake zt t rao mc 0 t of th opa op 0 a do anthi anthiny ncr cht TS is T i S there lie he whispered ed i bicker alicke 1 an l vc at that agitated cudworth Cud woith tells me rm rin washed up theres something you can do 7 cocke urgently rely itsey vie ivic get to a telephone and tell anna to come over light away avay with that big package on my desk its from she cant miss it rush rushit it and just as soon as youve done that get tile the amah to get plenty of hot bot water boiling water I 1 suppose 1 theres a table here a long table flat P you think so doctor docto r faltered ed tile the other doctor 1 I know so quentin shouted suddenly mad with impatience just lie quiet c spencer he j added to the patient and well get you out of this if we ive can ive got an even break spencer asked not quite so good we wont know quite what chance youve got until weve gone a little further all ali heres our nurse we bath here nurse want a surgical as fast as you can manage it weve no time to waste vicky ran downstairs ran upstairs for sheets serena was not in evidence and nobody asked for her the nurse suggested a rubber sheet and anna panting in with the big bg bundle was sent flying back to the hard Hardit tays for one presently there was bothin nothing for vicky to do el except capt sit on a chair it in the hall and wait and think an and ol 01 wait it quentin cr came me out with witha a nurses nurse Is tied on liim him back to front apron and asked for soda just pla plain in lz soda and you vou might as well go home vie vic take it out of you dyoll no ill wat wait quent has he a charest chares char cc 9 in i afra afraid id not but well vell try nutting him under now nov wo in 1 l i she vicky glanced glance d at tho closed door of oom she have done it rhe che whispered 1 I dont dant ekno know x eit but its not for 1 ani I q bitting it ting vie VIC said 1 its for all of us its touch and go now if he lives we live and if he dies I 1 may have gotten got ten you into something never get out of my dear be in it too ill be ili it too oil she t ret fot r f ot et me in in said sad but she could do nouh to inin us rs all wed have to r fo 0 aiva away Y vie vic wed go away and the tc story would follow us id follow fellow the all T tap done to you quentin said th v wornon oman the amali amah has produced a bottle half full that would ivil ten nen our one hope is that t was dl ab ut a teri tames dose and i i leonida lorrin lem nida ide lamon is tile the only an 1 i i d e that s it if any n saves him bin save him that ablat is if we get to the kidney n t aou on will vicky said with hor ryes on his and her orld rcck reeking ing about her and her i i cinfo lilt ou oil believe in god dont you nt t asked almost absentmindedly 1 I do then while im in there 11 nay n ay 17 c H kissed her without fit hout smiling without seeming n to se sea her released her from hs is a ans ams ms 14 mv god you area are a tow of nf to me he said vou V it pre re a rock of help hein pray for me in in aber the kids kid and the home bome everything I 1 always thought I 1 always thought quentin mutter PA t tuning ning away that id ikc my bos bo s to be proud of their father my kids i v ant into the sickroom and vicky waitea waited there was a big adan puary sh chair in tile the upper hall of the morrison place and she sat in f r and clasped her hands to keep them still and prayed A navajo blanket richly striped with yellow v e nack and sc nilet ailet had been hanging C n ng over the black iron rail ing n of 0 vie th stairway she wrapped bobil her the night was bitterly cold silence and night and vigil un an son a clock struck the hours and the half hours outside in the dark a rising wind whined uneasily un easly and now and then a branch skittered ered on the t of the roof in the upper h of the morrison house one lomp burned softly steadily irm ir rm r m tile the half ouen oden door that led into t spencers room came sounds r wr voces the creaking of a bed aln ad athe the clinkie clin kim of ice and once a sort of bubbling groan that m made de heart stop for a nt terror she praye prayed d trying not to think dr drowsed aws e d awak awakened cried with a start to find it was not all a strange dream she really was I 1 here in the morrison house bouse in the middle of the night quentin was vas behind that bedroom door bringing all his skill every ounce of strength and knowledge and inspiration that he could muster to the saving of spencer morrisons Morri sons life and serena was in her bedroom only a fw feet away somehow living through the hours that would decide whether or not she would be tried on a charge of murder what wa she doing vicky wondered von dered she had swept away from the group hours earlier had bad closed her bedroom door upon whatever she was experiencing suffering ching aurius with feir fear the ice eyes of both doctors upon n her their r flat refusals to per aure themselves in protecting her still ringing in her astounded ears cars and spencer struggling aing in death throes of her causing she had bad angely withdrawn had she flung herself down on her bed and fallen into dreamless sleep vie vic wondered but im mag magnifying unifying the whole thing into an absolute c bugaboo victoria told herself it wont hypen that way spencer will die de f an all oT operation cration quentin can sign i t certificate t about that auywa and cudworth wont talk hes ot ok his own orm cefer p aff deputa ion hon to protect ie he wat vat mixed into adiv murder trial shell go away and this time next year well be worrying about some els she could reassure herself for i rno mint then tho solitude and il nee nce of the night began to work their spell again and victoria felt with a sort of desperation that if nentin it come out of that rori 01 pretta soon abe amah ann ired cared presently like a little old rr mahogany abonan y an n in n a black blacic and white cot coln fn coat wi rn rm ra to fo nare abr whis nord nr rd and vicky vas glad to ro po with her to the stare room hio her i in the warming business of 0 making beds and arjang arranging ra tow w 1 els he dead yet anyway y y before they had finished quentin and dr cudworth joined them quentin looked exhausted his hair was tumbled and his operating gown one of miss pierces aprons put on backward was with red he took off the apron and was in his sleeveless fiber cloth undershirt with a towel he wiped the perspiration from his ashen face and smiled wearily at his wife my appearance vic V ic he said sitting down panting my lod lo d but LI at was quick work how is is he vicky asked but aven before she asked it the blood i had come come back to her heart and she had time to feel an almost frightening first ecstasy of hope hos doing remarkable dr cudworth said and lie can thank your husband here you are in my opinion a genius dr hardisty oh quent there really a chance con tit buon and his own feeling will help quenon still ghastly pale and breathing hard bard said to the doctor andl and then to vicky everything is as good as it can be better I 1 would say I 1 tie lie op opened ened his eyes and looked at me are it take him five minutes to get hs bean vicka sat do down dorn rn in a wh ged chair and put her hands over her hei eyes eves and began to cry ird ard ouen tm tin leaning over to pat her on the back laughed with tears in his own eyes im ash sh shamed of myself she stammered lookin looking 9 up to smile through h wet lashes tut but but it us ils all it aves us lis all ouen onen tin ive been sitting out there alone thinking and think nc did she come out at all the loal lo al doctor asked in the mrs morrison ashes probably packing quentin said 1 I ima vine shell get out ri liht i bt away avray it would b the b best thin all round if she did oh but quentin the relief eyes shone like stars it was too good t to 0 be arhe true ta too good lyou to be true 1 if f you a ao 10 come back from the hospital she said with a shudder if still ban in germany quentin will there have to be on an investigation now will there be any talk of poi son 1 I dont think so quentin said somewhat uncertainly looking at hia colleague the doctor repeat ed cd the phrase phi cise more decidedly im extremely glad to wash my hands of the whole thing dr 1 cudworth Cud woith said hes warned now and I 1 think we might give the nurse c P hint it seems to me we ml might ight 1 I am going to talk to both nurses ive had this girl telephone for another quentin said and once again vicky thought that he was vas two men the quentin who bo was the childrens adored dad easy and quiet and willing to ikc take their word for anat anything hing ti t listen to them to learn from them and this other quentin aho vho held ife and death in his big square hands bands it would woud be better I 1 to get him into a hospital of course but we cant move him inow now you say serena screna shown up at all he asked victoria when they were all out in the hall again aga n nt a sound va 11 you vou wake her up im going to talc tak a look at spencer am h h ha will lot int the nurse go down ifor for s q yie rie roffee coffee ive got to talk to serena victoria crossed the upp hall currod ilie knob of screws seran door and spoke from the thres hol hold d serena screna there was complete darkness within nas apartment was vas on the western side of the house and the first dm d m grayness gr avness of d dawn awn had bad struck into the kitchen and that now timidly attic attacking ithe ohp eisten biste n world vorm had m mad no entrance ontra ncr b bre bore re tiec phee tie c was vis black 1 bond b ond S genss window adow and rl in ta tr room katip alart arr r I 1 bakows shado vs vicky groped inside th door earner caring found a 0 switch and inanda inundated ed t the ie place with soft rosy light everything was orderly enough vicky had seen these pink taffeta fittings before the pink brocaded walls the long Iong legged doll and mandaric Man darn lamps the black worsted dog with the beady eyes but th c wai lv q ni in all tio sl s nce 1 here now I 1 something indefinably frightening im her heart beat fast t terror to bo be cont continued inked |