"What can I do?" she said. "Tell me, and I will do it." "I have made no provision for Mary or--the little one. I promised her I would when it was born. But I haven't done it. I thought of it when I fell on my head. But when I was better next day I put it off. I always put things off.... And it's not only Mary. There's Hulver, and the Scotch property, and all the rest. If I die without making a will it will all go to poor Harry." He was speaking rapidly, more to himself than to her. "And when father was dying he said, 'Roger ought to have it.' Father was a just man. And I like Roger, and he's done his duty by the place, which I haven't. He _ought_ to have it. Annette, help me to make my will. I was on my way to the lawyer's to make it when I met you on the bridge." Half an hour later, in the waning day, the notary arrived, and Dick made his will in the doctor's presence. His mind was amazingly clear. "Is he better?" asked Mrs. Stoddart of the doctor, as she and the nurse left the room. "Better! It is the last flare up of the lamp," said the doctor. "He is right when he says he shan't get back here again. He is riding his last race, but he is riding to win." Dick rode for all he was worth, and urged the doctor to help him, to keep his mind from drifting away into the unknown. The old doctor thrust out his under lip and did what he could. By Dick's wish, Annette remained in the room, but he did not need her. His French was good enough. He knew exactly what he wanted. The notary was intelligent, and brought with him a draft for Dick's signature. Dick dictated and whispered earnestly to him. "Oui, oui," said the notary at intervals. "Parfaitement. Monsieur peut se fier à moi." At last it was done, and Dick, panting, had made a kind of signature, his writing dwindling down to a faint scrawl after the words "Richard Le Geyt," which were fairly legible. The doctor attested it. "She must witness it too," said Dick insistently, pointing to Annette. The notary glanced at the will, realized that she was not a legatee, and put the pen in her hand, showing her where to sign. "Madame will write here." He indicated the place under his own crabbed signature. She wrote mechanically her full name: _Annette Georges_. "But, madame," said the notary, bewildered, "is not then Madame's name the same as Monsieur's?" "Madame is so lately married that she sometimes signs her old name by mistake," said the doctor, smiling sadly. He took a pained interest in the young couple, especially in Annette. "I am not Monsieur's wife," said Annette. The notary stared, bowed, and gathered up his papers. The doctor busied himself with the sick man, spent and livid on his pillow. "Approach then, madame," he said, with a great respect. "It is you Monsieur needs." And he withdrew with the notary. Annette groped her way to the bed. The room had become very dark. The floor rose in long waves beneath her feet, but she managed to reach the bed and sink down beside it.