"And then, sir, he give a scream that curdled right through me, and cried, 'Don't let him--don't let him! Save her--save her!' "How would _you_ feel, sir, if you heard some one laying by your side saying sech things in the dead of night?" CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH FANNY NARRATES HOW HER HUSBAND HAD A FIT, AND WHAT THE DOCTOR THOUGHT OF IT. "Nothing more took place before we got up in the morning. Lemon torsed about as usual, and kept groaning and talking to hisself, but, excep what I've told you, I couldn't make head or tail of his mumblings. Devlin come down to breakfast, and said, as gay as gay can be, "'I've had a lovely night.' "'Have you?' said I. I wouldn't have spoke if I could have helped it, but he's got a way of forcing the words out of you. "'Yes,' he answered, 'a most lovely night. I've slep the sleep of the just.' What he meant by it I don't know, but it's what he said. 'You look tired, Mrs. Lemon.' "He grinned in my face, sir, as he made the remark, and my blood begun to boil. "I've got enough to make me look tired,' I said. 'Lemon hasn't had a decent night's rest for months.' "'You don't say so! But why not, why not?' asked Devlin, pitching into the ham and eggs. "'You can answer that better than I can,' I said, jumping from the table; 'You; yes, you!' "'Fanny!' cried Lemon. "'I don't care,' I said, feeling reckless; I think it must have been because I was sure you'd come to my help, sir. 'I don't care. Things aren't as they should be, and it stands to reason they can't go on like this much longer.' "'O,' said Devlin, helping hisself to the last rasher. 'It stands to reason, does it?' "'Yes, it does,' I answered. 'I'm Lemon's wife, and if he can't take care of hisself it's my duty to do it for him.' "'Can't you take care of yourself?' asked Devlin of my poor husband. 'That's sad, very sad!' "'I can, I can,' cried Lemon. 'Fanny don't know what she's talking about.' "'I thought as much,' said Devlin. 'Nerves unstrung. She wants bracing up. I must prescribe for her.' "'Not if I know it,' I said. 'I've had enough of you and your prescribing to last me a lifetime. Don't look at me like that, or you'll drive me mad!' "'Was there ever sech an unreasonable woman?' said Devlin, and he come and laid his hand upon me. 'Jest see how she's shaking. Lemon. She's low, very low; I really must prescribe for her. Leave her to me. I'll see that no harm comes to her.'