My Novel — Volume 11 by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
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Lord bless me! What, more still! Death would be a very happy release!"
Meanwhile the doctor endured the recital with exemplary patience, noting down in the leaves of his pocketbook what appeared to him the salient points in this fortress of disease to which he had laid siege, and then, drawing forth a minute paper said, "Capital,--nothing can be better. This powder must be dissolved in eight tablespoonfuls of water; one spoonful every two hours." "Tablespoonful?" "Tablespoonful." "'Nothing can be better,' did you say, sir?" repeated the squire, who in his astonishment at that assertion applied to the captain's description of his sufferings, had hitherto hung fire,--"nothing can be better?" "For the diagnosis, sir!" replied Dr. Morgan. "For the dogs' noses, very possibly," quoth the squire; "but for the inside of Cousin Higginbotham, I should think nothing could be worse." "You are mistaken, sir," replied Dr. Morgan. "It is not the captain who speaks here,--it is his liver. Liver, sir, though a noble, is an imaginative organ, and indulges in the most extraordinary fictions. Seat of poetry and love and jealousy--the liver. Never believe what it says. You have no idea what a liar it is! But--ahem--ahem. Cott--I think I've seen you before, sir. Surely your name's Hazeldean?" "William Hazeldean, at your service, Doctor. But where have you seen |
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