His Other Wife: A Novel — page 187: what you’re looking at

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‘THE NOTE OF DOOM. 179 "Yes, of course,; but not without serious aggravation to his present sufferings, I suppose there can be no ob- jection to his remaining here for a few days, until he has “‘someéwhat recovered from to-day’s work ?” ‘‘Certainly not,” replied Leda, with a tone of determi- nation that Croft thought best not to contradict just at present. The patient seemed oblivious to everything that was done or said ; indeed, he was already slightly. delirious, as ‘it was usual for him to be under the effects of fever, and he remained perfectly quiescent while he was removed to a bed-chamber and made comfortable. Doctor Wise staid on for several hours to watch the symptoms of his patient, whose condition he regarded as “most critical. Nothing in medical science or surgical skill could have - insured the recovery which had. been so nearly established, had Warren been possessed of a less tenacious and resilient vitality, for the wound was of that desperate character un- der which a man of infirm constitution or flaccid tempera- “ment must certainly have perished. As: it was, there had - been times during his previous illness when the surgeon secretly despaired of his life. He had. cautioned both Warren and his mother very earnestly against the danger --of premature exertion or exposure while the ghastly wound was in process of healing; and, as he now watched - the rapidly increasing fever; he felt-that only a miraculous reserve of physical endurance could take that. pain-wasted Eomicbooks: (E(@) mM =