`` You 've scalded Camilla Jane to death ! '' she exclaimed . `` I always knew you would -- always expected it ! '' `` Oh , for heaven 's sake , come quick , Rosetta ! '' gasped Charlotte . `` Barbara Jane is in convulsions and I do n't know what to do . The hired man has gone for the doctor . You were the nearest , so I came to you . Jenny White was there when they came on , so I left her and ran . Oh , Rosetta , come , come , if you have a spark of humanity in you ! You know what to do for convulsions -- you saved the Ellis baby when it had them . Oh , come and save Barbara Jane ! '' `` You mean Camilla Jane , I presume ? '' said Miss Rosetta firmly , in spite of her agitation . For a second Charlotte Wheeler hesitated . Then she said passionately : `` Yes , yes , Camilla Jane -- any name you like ! Only come . '' Miss Rosetta went , and not a moment too soon , either . The doctor lived eight miles away and the baby was very bad . The two women and Jenny White worked over her for hours .
It was not until dark , when the baby was sleeping soundly and the doctor had gone , after telling Miss Rosetta that she had XXXXX the child 's life , that a realization of the situation came home to them .
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