He lay quiet, looking around curiously, as though everything were new to him. “Why am I here?” still with the same hesitation, as though not certain as to the meaning of his words. “Where in the mischief would you wish, or expect to be, if not in your own home?” answered the doctor a trifle impatiently. He looked troubled but asked no more questions; presently he lifted his long, white hand, adorned with a handsome ring, and examined it as though he had never before seen it; he seemed strangely unable to express his feelings. “Jove!” said the doctor later, “I wonder if the fellow has lost his wits! It is a pity if so, for he was one of the shrewdest of men, and a sharp financier.” If Edith hovered about him, or caressed him with gentle touch, or called him fond names, he looked at her in surprise, and gave not the slightest return. She would look at him in grieved surprise, and on one occasion asked him with trembling lips: “Do you no longer love me, Arthur?” “Love you? I—guess—so! I do not know what you mean!” looking helplessly at her. She burst into tears which were quickly suppressed as she coldly left the room. From that time she offered him no caresses, but he seemed not to notice the omission. As Edith left the room in anger he looked after her, his brow wrinkled in perplexity. He was certainly in a strange condition; he appeared to enjoy his meals; he slept well; but he seemed to take no interest in anything more than that—he did not seem to understand that there was anything in which he ought to take an interest. One day, as he sat languidly looking out of the window, Gus said to him: “You will soon be well enough to attend to business!” “What business?” he asked vacantly. “Why, your banking business of course!” answered Gus in a tone of disgust; he thought his brother must be making a pretence of not understanding. Arthur looked at him blankly but made no reply. Edith asked the physician: “What do you think of him? Is he insane?” “No! Neither insane nor idiotic, mental shock! He will recover, he is like a child with everything to learn.”