150/210 "During the last month, I have nursed more than a dozen patients, and never knew any of them so violent. I must look at his sore." "The doctor has just dressed it," observed the old woman. "You are right," she added, "he is doing as well as possible." "I suppose I shan't be wanted any more," observed Kerrich, "now you're come back to nurse your husband, Mrs.Malmayns? "There's a bottle of plague vinegar for you. Dip a piece of linen in it, and smell at it, and I'll insure you against the pestilence." Kerrich took the phial, and departed. |