I feel very ill already." "No wonder, after all the stuff you have swallowed," returned Leonard.
"But pluck up your courage, or you will bring on the very thing you are anxious to avoid.

As many people have died from fear as from any other cause.

One word before I go.

If any one should get into the house by scaling the yard-wall, or through the window, instantly alarm our master." "Certainly," returned Blaize, with a look of surprise, "But do you expect any one to enter the house in that way ?" "Ask no questions, but do as I bid you," rejoined Leonard, opening the door, and about to go forth.
"Stop a moment," cried Blaize, detaining him, and drawing from his pocket a handful of simples.

"Won't you take some of them with you to guard against infection?
There's wormwood, woodsorrel, masterwort, zedoary, and angelica; and lastly, there is a little bottle of the sovereign preservative against the plague, as prepared by the great Lord Bacon, and approved by Queen Elizabeth.