Am really.

Would you be s'kind 's t'let me lie down few minutes ?" "Don't you think he might lie down for a little while ?" Mrs.Schallibaum asked.
I felt his pulse, and decided that he was really becoming fatigued, and that it would be wiser not to overdo the exercise while he was so weak.
Accordingly, I consented to his returning to bed, and turned him round in that direction; whereupon he tottered gleefully towards his resting-place like a tired horse heading for its stable.
As soon as he was tucked in, I gave him a full cup of coffee, which he drank with some avidity as if thirsty.

Then I sat down by the bedside, and, with a view to keeping him awake, began once more to ply him with questions.
"Does your head ache, Mr.Graves ?" I asked.
"The doctor says 'does your head ache ?'" Mrs.Schallibaum squalled, so loudly that the patient started perceptibly.
"I heard him, m'dear girl," he answered with a faint smile.

"Not deaf you know.Yes.Head aches a good deal.

But I thing this gennleman mistakes--" "He says you are to keep awake.