I'm a paralytic now.

The next thing to watch out for is bed sores." He smiled his twisted smile, and Maud, her eyes wide with horror, was compelled to turn away her head.
"Do you know that your smile is crooked ?" I asked him; for I knew that she must attend him, and I wished to save her as much as possible.
"Then I shall smile no more," he said calmly.

"I thought something was wrong.

My right cheek has been numb all day.

Yes, and I've had warnings of this for the last three days; by spells, my right side seemed going to sleep, sometimes arm or hand, sometimes leg or foot." "So my smile is crooked ?" he queried a short while after.