[Night and Morning by Edward Bulwer-Lytton]@TWC D-Link bookNight and Morning CHAPTER IX 19/27
Another chair, ma'am; put up his poor legs.
What age is he, ma'am ?--Sixty-eight! Too old to bleed.
Thank you.
How is it, sir? Poorly, to be sure will be comfortable presently--faintish still? Soon put all to rights." "Tray! Tray! Where's my dog, Mrs.Boxer ?" "Lord, sir, what do you want with your dog now? He is in the back-yard." "And what business has my dog in the back-yard ?" almost screamed the sufferer, in accents that denoted no diminution of vigour.
"I thought as soon as my back was turned my dog would be ill-used! Why did I go without my dog? Let in my dog directly, Mrs.Boxer!" "All right, you see, sir," said the apothecary, turning to Beaufort--"no cause for alarm--very comforting that little passion--does him good--sets one's mind easy.
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