Author: Julia Chandler

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9781230058917

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...ago I met him going down the road as brisk as a bee. You are full of fancies. I'll send you up a black draught and a pill so blue that it shall be purple if you don't mind." Agatha could not even smile however at the doctor's pleasantry. "He is ill, he is ill," she said piteously, but vehemently. "I don't like to tell him so, but he is, he is, doctor "; and Agatha laid her hard brown little hand upon the old gentleman's broadcloth sleeve. "Is it right for him to feel weak and languid, and hardly able to move when he comes in? Is it right for him to cough all night, and spit blood? Is it right for him to fall down and look as though he were dead? Oh! Mr. Barfoot, something dreadful is coming, and" "Well, well, child, if you fill your head with foolish fancies of course I will come and see to matters. But mind you, if you make me at my age waddle along this long road for nothing, I'll--yes, I'll certainly briDg that purple pill, and see that you take it." So it was agreed upon between the pair that the visit should have the appearance of being an accidental one. It was not worth while to alarm the sick man needlessly, and if not too far advanced already the malady might be stopped without much trouble. That very evening therefore the doctor called, as he had promised, and his practised eye saw at once that Agatha's fears were only too true, for the new patient was indeed very ill. So whilst Mr. Barfoot and her father talked upon different topics, the former gossiping pleasantly, but keenly making mental notes upon Geoffry Norman's health all the while, Agatha busied herself about the room, going restlessly to and fro, doing things already done over and over again to keep her hands employed and...