First we thought he must be injured internally.

It was fifteen minutes past 8 in the evening.

Of course we were all distracted in a moment--everybody was flying everywhere, and nobody doing anything worth anything.

By and by I flung out next door and dragged in Dr.Sprague; President of the Medical University no time to go for our own doctor of course--and the minute he saw Francois he said, 'Send for your own physician, madam;' said it as cross as a bear, too, and turned right on his heel, and cleared out without doing a thing!" Everybody--"The mean, contemptible brute!" Mrs.O--"Well you may say it.

I was nearly out of my wits by this time.
But we hurried off the servants after our own doctor and telegraphed mother--she was in New York and rushed down on the first train; and when the doctor got there, lo and behold you he found Francois had broke one of his legs, too!" Everybody--"Goodness!" Mrs.O.--"Yes.