The people are very poor, and we all suffer together.

They pay me when they can and, so that I can make ends meet, I am well content.' "In an hour the woman returned, with a suit of rough sailor's clothes, and you may imagine how glad I was to put them on, the doctor helping me on with the jacket.
"'Now,' he said, when I had dressed and eaten some food the old servant had set before me, 'it happens that at daybreak tomorrow one of my patients, the master of a river boat, is starting on the turn of tide for Honfleur.

I will first go round to the auberge, and tell the landlord that your arm is badly broken, and that I shall keep you here for the night, as you will require attention; then I will go to the captain, and arrange for your passage.

When I tell him that you are a patient of mine, and that I should be obliged if he would find you some quiet lodging at Honfleur, where you can remain till your arm is better and you are fit to be about again, I have no doubt he will manage it.

He is a good fellow, and I shall let him understand that you don't want inquiries made about you.
"'Now, you had better lie down on a bed upstairs, and try to sleep.
I will call you in time to go down to the boat.' "'There is no fear of my getting you into trouble ?' I asked.