The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE EQUINOX infectious, !11 lost recovering her szgflieient/y to firing her ont.] Dr. B. Here, Nan, tell them to light the fire in the spare bedroom ! [MRs BOB goes out. DR. BOB'S leleþhone 011 011781171 rings. DR. BOB goes to it.] Dr. B. Half a minute, Fielding. Look after her. [JANE gasþs 111111 opens her eyes. Jane. You've been lying to me. Father of Heaven! I don’t want to die. I cannot be so ill as he says! Dr. F. No, dear child, no. The fact is—er—er—well, we’ve just discovered he's a bit mad, do you see? Listen to me, Jane. Jane. Oh, I'm trying to. Dr. F. He says the same thing to everybody—it's his mania. Don't believe a word of it. Jane No, no. [She collapses again. DR. BOB ref/flees !eleþhone receiver, ano! 6017185 forward. He and DR. FIELDING tarry JANE aut L. Outer hell. SERVANT ushers ih 11 !111181111 Eli/er L. MRS. B013 iii a state of 7/10/8111 exeilemezzfl Mrs. B. Go! go! Why will you stay in this house of death ? (The Patient mohifeSis surprise.) Go! go! I say. My husband can see no more patients to—day. [She shows him om‘, returns lo centre of siege, breaks out crying, and goes of L. as DR. BOB and DR. FIELDING return. Their loud voices are heard arguing without] Dr. F. It might have killed her; and it very nearly did. Dr. B. Look here, Fielding, this is too bad. Hang it, if you’d brought me the girl a year ago I might have cured her. 74