His wife is with him.

A day's rest, believe me, will make him quite fit." The doctor's manner was briskly professional and helped to quiet the girl's alarm.
"Can I see him ?" she asked.
"Most certainly, in a few hours when he wakes and when you are rested.
Here, Billy, take Miss Cameron's checks.

Look sharp." "Say, Doc," said Billy in an undertone, "about that tea and toast--" "What the deuce-- ?" said the doctor impatiently.

"Oh, yes--all right! Only look lively." "Keep her a-viewin' the scenery, Doc, a bit," continued Billy under his breath.
"Oh, get a move on, Billy! What are you monkeying about ?" said the doctor quite crossly.

He was anxious to escape from a position that had become intolerable to him.