Acharmingintroductiontoahermit’slife! Fourweeks’ torture, tossing, andsickness! Oh, thesebleakwindsandbitternorthernskies, andimpassableroads, anddilatorycountrysurgeons! Andoh, thisdearthofthehumanphysiognomy! and, worsethanall, theterribleintimationofKenneththatIneednotexpecttobeoutofdoorstillspring!
—! Heisnotaltogetherguiltlessinthisillnessofmine; , alas! howcouldIoffendamanwhowascharitableenoughtositatmybedsideagoodhour, andtalkonsomeothersubjectthanpillsanddraughts, blistersandleeches? ; ? Icanrecollectitschiefincidents, : Irememberherherohadrunoff, andneverbeenheardofforthreeyears; andtheheroinewasmarried.I’llring: she’.
‘Itwantstwentyminutes, sir, totakingthemedicine,’shecommenced.
‘Away, awaywithit!’ Ireplied; ‘Idesiretohave—’
‘Thedoctorsaysyoumustdropthepowders.’
‘Withallmyheart! Don’—thatwilldo—, fromwhereyouleftoff, , andcomebackagentleman? ordidhegetasizar’splaceatcollege, orescapetoAmerica, andearnhonoursbydrawingbloodfromhisfoster-country? ormakeafortunemorepromptlyontheEnglishhighways?’
‘Hemayhavedonealittleinallthesevocations, ; butIcouldn’’tknowhowhegainedhismoney; neitheramIawareofthemeanshetooktoraisehismindfromthesavageignoranceintowhichitwassunk: but, withyourleave, I’llproceedinmyownfashion, ?’
‘Much.’
‘That’sgoodnews.’
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