11/44 Talk of saints and martyrs! Campbell himself said he was an idler by the side of him." "Oh! I hope Major Campbell has not over-exerted himself!" "He? He's as hard as his own sword. But the poor curate worked on till he got the cholera himself. He always expected it, longed for it; Campbell said--wanted to die. Some love affair, I suppose, poor fellow ?--and a terrible bout he had for eight-and-forty hours. |