[Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade]@TWC D-Link bookPut Yourself in His Place CHAPTER VI 45/56
"You see he is all right now.
But, I promise you, he cut a very different figure when I saw him directly afterward; he was scorched as black as a coal--" "Oh, doctor, don't; pray don't.
Oh, sir, why did you not tell me ?" "And his face bleeding," continued the merciless doctor. "Oh dear! oh dear!" And the sweet eyes were turned, all swimming in water upon Henry, with a look of angelic pity. "His nerves were terribly shaken, but there were no bones broken.
I said to myself, 'He must sleep or go mad, and he will not sleep in the town that has blown him up.' I just drove the patient off to peace and pure air, and confided him to one of the best creatures in England--Martha Dence." Jael uttered an exclamation of wonder, which drew attention to her and her glowing cheeks. "Oh yes, Miss Jael," said Henry, "I was going to tell you.
I have been a fortnight with your people, and, if I live a hundred years, I shall not forget their goodness to me.
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