[Love Eternal by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookLove Eternal CHAPTER XVIII 14/29
That's what he wants--comfort and first-class food," and with a nod to Godfrey, who was listening in an idle fashion, quite indifferent as to his destination, he was gone. Next day they carried him off in an ambulance through the crowded Strand, and presently he found himself at Liverpool Street, where he was put into an invalid carriage.
He asked the orderly where he was going, but the man did not seem to know, or had forgotten the name.
So troubling no more about it he took a dose of medicine as he had been ordered, and presently went to sleep, as no doubt it was intended that he should do.
When he woke up again it was to find himself being lifted from another ambulance into a house which was very dark, perhaps because of the lighting orders, for now night had fallen.
He was carried in a chair up some stairs into a very nice bedroom, and there put to bed by two men.
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