The doctor said plainly, 'There is no chance for him if he stays in this place.' "Once more he refused to be removed to my London house.

The development of the fever, he reminded me, might lead to consequences dangerous to me and to my household.

He had heard of one of the great London hospitals, which reserved certain rooms for the occupation of persons capable of paying for the medical care bestowed on them.

If he were to be removed at all, to that hospital he would go.

Many advantages, and no objections of importance, were presented by this course of proceeding.