I see that you have some interest in his fate.

He was one whom I loved.

I would have given half my fortune to procure him accommodation under some hospitable roof.

His attack was violent; but, still, his recovery, if he had been suitably attended, was possible.
That he should survive removal to the hospital, and the treatment he must receive when there, was not to be hoped.
"The conduct of Thetford was as absurd as it was wicked.

To imagine the disease to be contagious was the height of folly; to suppose himself secure, merely by not permitting a sick man to remain under his roof, was no less stupid; but Thetford's fears had subverted his understanding.