"And you can laugh!" "It's an achievement," he admitted.

"But then, I have not fared as ill as I might." "I have heard of that," said she.
What she had heard was that this rebel-convict had been discovered to be a physician.

The thing had come to the ears of Governor Steed, who suffered damnably from the gout, and Governor Steed had borrowed the fellow from his purchaser.

Whether by skill or good fortune, Peter Blood had afforded the Governor that relief which his excellency had failed to obtain from the ministrations of either of the two physicians practising in Bridgetown.

Then the Governor's lady had desired him to attend her for the megrims.