"And so you really think I shall get better ?" "I have no doubt of it, if you keep up your spirits," replied Leonard.
"The worst is evidently over.

Behave like a man." "I will try to do so," rejoined Blaize.

"I have been told that if a circle is drawn with a blue sapphire round a plague-blotch, it will fall off.

Couldn't we just try the experiment ?" "It will not do to rely upon it," observed the attendant, with a smile.
"You will find a small knob of red-hot iron, which we call the 'button,' much more efficacious." "Oh dear! oh dear!" exclaimed Blaize, "I already feel that dreadful button burning into my flesh." "On the contrary, you won't feel it at all," replied the attendant.

"The iron only touches the point of the tumour, in which there is no sensibility." "In that case, I don't care how soon the operation is performed," replied Blaize.
"Doctor Hodges will choose his own time for it," said the attendant.