We must see that the hut is fitted up for you, with something as much like a bed as possible, and a fire for making a posset, or whatever they give you." "It is all very well for you to laugh, Hallett, but look at my neck." "Well, it is swollen," Hallett agreed; "and I expect that you have caught a cold, when we were wandering about in the bush.

Seriously, I should advise you to put a piece of warm flannel round your neck, or else go across and consult the doctor." "I think I will do so, Hallett.

It hurts a good deal, I can tell you and, as you see, I can hardly drink my tea." After breakfast was over, he went to the tent of the principal doctor.
"I have come, sir," he said, "to ask you about my neck." "You don't say so, Bullen! Why, yours is the third case I have seen this morning! Let me look at it.
"Yes, the symptoms are just the same as in the others.

If this were England, I should say that an epidemic of mumps has broken out; but of course it cannot be that.
"Well, I have sent the other two into hospital, and you had better go there, too.

Is it painful ?" "It is rather painful, and I can hardly swallow at all." "Well, when I come across to the hospital, I will put you in with the others.