16/19 Oblige me in this; let Lady Scatcherd take away that brandy bottle till Dr Fillgrave comes." "I'm d---- if I do. Do you think I can't have a bottle of brandy in my room without swigging ?" "I think you'll be less likely to swig it if you can't get at it." Sir Roger made another angry turn in his bed as well as his half-paralysed limbs would let him; and then, after a few moments' peace, renewed his threats with increased violence. If a man be ill, really ill, he should have the best advice he can get. I'll have Fillgrave, and I'll have that other fellow from Silverbridge to meet him. What's his name ?--Century." The doctor turned his head away; for though the occasion was serious, he could not help smiling at the malicious vengeance with which his friend proposed to gratify himself. |