Why should the man who was supposed to have but a few weeks to live be so anxious to see one who was comparatively a stranger to him?
"I am so glad you have come in before dinner, Mr.Annesley, because my brother is so anxious to see you, and I am afraid you'll go too early in the morning." Then he followed her, and again found Mr.Scarborough on a couch in the same room to which he had been first introduced.
"I've had a sharp bout of it since I saw you before," said the sick man.
"So we heard, sir." "There is no saying how many or rather how few bouts of this kind it will take to polish me off.

But I think I am entitled to some little respite now.

The apothecary from Tretton was here this morning, and I believe has done me just as much good as Sir William Brodrick.

His charge will be ten shillings, while Sir William demanded three hundred pounds.

But it would be mean to go out with no one but the Tretton apothecary to look after one." "I suppose Sir William's knowledge has been of some service." "His dexterity with his knife has been of more.