So he went up, and found the stranger sitting upright in bed, combing his curls with his fingers, and chaunting unto himself a cheerful ditty.
"Good morning, Doctor," quoth he, as his host entered.

"Very kind of you, this.

Hope I haven't turned a better man than myself out of his bed." "Delighted to see you so well.

Very near drowned, though.

We were pumping at your lungs for a full half hour." "Ah?
nothing, though, for an experienced professional man like you!" "Hum! speaks well for your discrimination," says Heale, flattered.
"Very well-spoken young person, though his beard is a bit wild .-- How did you know, then, that I was a doctor ?" "By the reverend looks of you, sir.