[Hilda Wade by Grant Allen]@TWC D-Link bookHilda Wade CHAPTER I 25/70
You wanted it out, Nurse Wade. Wells-Dinton shall operate." Without a moment's hesitation, Hilda Wade sat down in an easy chair and took a measured dose of the new anaesthetic, proportioned to the average difference in weight between raccoons and humanity.
My face displayed my anxiety, I suppose, for she turned to me, smiling with quiet confidence. "I know my own constitution," she said, with a reassuring glance that went straight to my heart.
"I do not in the least fear." As for Sebastian, he administered the drug to her as unconcernedly as if she were a rabbit.
Sebastian's scientific coolness and calmness have long been the admiration of younger practitioners. Wells-Dinton gave one wrench.
The tooth came out as though the patient were a block of marble.
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