Chapter 39: That Which the Dying Man Had to Tell

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​​⁠Heaven knows whither Mr. Audley's thoughts might have wandered had he not been startled by a sudden movement of the sick man, who raised himself up in his bed, and called to his mother.

The old woman woke up with a jerk, and turned sleepily enough to look at her son.

"What is it, Luke, deary?" she asked soothingly. "It ain't time for the doctor's stuff yet. Mr. Dawson said as you weren't to have it