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which followed his departure from the room . When Ramona saw him returning alone , she wrung her hands . Her heart seemed breaking . The baby had lain in a sort of stupor since noon ; she was plainly worse , and Ramona had been going from the door to the cradle , from the cradle to the door , for an hour , looking each moment for the hoped-for aid . It had not once crossed her mind that the doctor would not come . She had accepted in much fuller faith than Alessandro the account of the appointment by the Government of these two men to look after the Indians ' interests . What else could their coming mean , except that , at last , the Indians were to have justice ?