)
He will undoubtedly tell you himself. (Exit Dr. FRYE, left.)
ASHER. Will he live?
DR. JONATHAN. I'll be frank with you, Asher,--I don't know. All we can
do is to wait.
ASHER. I call God to witness there's nothing I wouldn't do, no
sacrifice I wouldn't make, if that boy could be saved!
DR. JONATHAN. Remember that, Asher.
ASHER. Remember what?
DR. JONATHAN. If his life is saved, you will be called upon to make a
sacrifice, to do your part.
ASHER. My part?
DR. JONATHAN. Yes. What I have given him--the medicine--is only half
the battle--should it succeed. My laboratory experiments were only
completed last night.
ASHER. This is what you have been working on?
DR. JONATHAN. It happens to be. But I have had no chance to test it
--except on animals. I meant to have gone to a war hospital in New York
today. If it works, then we shall have to try the rest of the
experiment,--your half of it.
ASHER. What's that?
DR. JONATHAN. You probably noticed that George avoided you.
ASHER. It's more than I can bear. You know what we've been to each
other. If he should die--feeling that way--!
DR. JONATHAN. George hasn't lost his affection for you; if it were so,
we shouldn't have that symptom.
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