On the Brink of a Chasm

Excerpt: Mrs. Pelham was waiting by the drawing-room door. It is all right, said Barbara, nodding to her. Dr. Tarbot will allow me to stay with Piers to-night. Thank God! answered Mrs. Pelham. I am greatly obliged to you, doctor, for this. Barbara, dear, Dick is up-stairs. He arrived almost immediately after you left. There seems to be some commotion in the sick-room. I heard steps hurrying about,...