[The Octopus by Frank Norris]@TWC D-Link bookThe Octopus CHAPTER IV 41/133
No wonder, the way rushed you 'round to-day." "Dear, I'm NOT tired, and I'm NOT sick, and I'm all RIGHT." "No, no; I can tell.
I think we'd best have the berth made up and you lie down." "That would be perfectly ridiculous." "Well, where is it you feel sick? Show me; put your hand on the place. Want to eat something ?" With elaborate minuteness, he cross-questioned her, refusing to let the subject drop, protesting that she had dark circles under her eyes; that she had grown thinner. "Wonder if there's a doctor on board," he murmured, looking uncertainly about the car.
"Let me see your tongue.
I know--a little whiskey is what you want, that and some pru----" "No, no, NO," she exclaimed.
"I'm as well as I ever was in all my life. Look at me.
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