About six o'clock in the morning
They carried her to the couch in Mrs. Frost 's parlour , and , awkwardly enough , did what could be done for her by men . It was over an hour before they succeeded in restoring her to consciousness , and when they did so , she awoke to delirium and fever . Distracted by anxiety and by their helplessness , at the first streak of dawn , Dan started for town to get a doctor , and Ezra Manners volunteered to go to the Red Farm and bring back Mrs. Frost , Nancy , and the maids . About six o'clock in the morning the women folk returned to the Inn . But the briefest account of the attack was given them , though they were told in no uncertain terms of Madame de la Fontaine 's heroic action in coming to warn them and of her courageous shot at the leader . Then Mrs. Frost and Nancy turned all their attention to the sick woman , caring for her as tenderly and devotedly as if she were their own . Half-an-hour later Dan returned from Monday Port with the family doctor , a grave silent old gentleman , in whose skill and discretion they trusted .