"Well, don't be too sure!" his uncle judiciously said.
"Oh he has only borrowed her." Miss Goodenough smoothed it down even as
she smoothed Mr. Betterman's sheet, while with the same movement of her
head she wafted Gray to the door.
"Mr. Gaw," her patient returned, "has borrowed from me before. Mr. Gaw,
Graham----!"
"Yes sir?" said Gray with the door ajar and his hand on the knob.
The fine old presence on the pillow had faltered before expression; then
it appeared rather sighingly and finally to give the question up. "Well,
Mr. Gaw's an abyss."