23/29 I shall have to see him at the trial--of course he must be there--that will be bad enough." "Very well," the doctor said quietly, "just as you like, Ned. I shall be seeing you every day, and will give him news of you. I am going to see him now." "Tell him I am well and comfortable and jolly," Ned said recklessly. Say I ate it voraciously." And he swallowed down the cup of tea and took a bite at the roll. "I will come in again this evening, and will perhaps bring in with me a little medicine. |