It is the regret of all of us who admire him that the nerve so firm and the hand so dexterous must yield to time.

For my own part I would rather have Frere than any one living." "Then," said Miss Trelawny decisively, "let us have Doctor Frere--by the way, is he 'Doctor' or 'Mister' ?--as early as we can get him in the morning!" A weight seemed removed from him, and he spoke with greater ease and geniality than he had yet shown: "He is Sir James Frere.

I shall go to him myself as early as it is possibly to see him, and shall ask him to come here at once." Then turning to me he said: "You had better let me dress your hand." "It is nothing," I said.
"Nevertheless it should be seen to.

A scratch from any animal might turn out dangerous; there is nothing like being safe." I submitted; forthwith he began to dress my hand.

He examined with a magnifying-glass the several parallel wounds, and compared them with the slip of blotting-paper, marked with Silvio's claws, which he took from his pocket-book.