"Young men are so reckless and imprudent--at least David is.

Just think of his madness, Mr.Herrick.He is not strong, and he takes cold more easily than other people.

He got very wet taking a funeral for a clergyman at Dinglefield, and when he reached home, instead of changing his clothes, he went a mile farther to baptize a dying child.

He was soaking by the time he got back, and a bad feverish cold set in.

Elizabeth insisted that Dr.Randolph should see him; and she wrote to Theo herself, but I fancy from her letters that she rather repented of sending for her; but poultices were needed, and Mrs.Pratt, his landlady, is simply an impossible woman.