"Oh, if you had seen him! And he lies like death." "Yes," said Dr.Andrews; "a severe epileptic fit is really a terrible thing to look at; but it is not dangerous in proportion.

Is he used to have them ?" "Oh, no, doctor--never had one before." Here she was mistaken, I think.
"You must keep him quiet; and give him a moderate stimulant as soon as he can swallow comfortably; the quietest room in the house; and don't let him be hungry, night or day.

Have food by his bedside, and watch him for a day or two.

I'll come again this evening." The doctor went to his dinner--tranquil.
Not so those he left.

Miss Somerset resigned her own luxurious bedroom, and had the patient laid, just as he was, upon her bed.