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What Will He Do With It

What Will He Do With It

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward

Paperback

Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 1481861417
ISBN13: 9781481861410
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Dec 28 2012
Pages: 648
Weight: 2.06
Height: 1.43 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 edition. Excerpt: ... eyeing Mr. Chapman, much as three inquisitors might have eyed a Jew, shook three solemn heads, and set the example of retreat. The last to linger were the rival proprietors of the theatre and the city concert-room. Each whispered the stranger--one the left ear, one the right. Each thrust into his hand a printed paper. As the door closed on them the Comedian let fall tho papers; his arm drooped to his side; his whole frame seemed to collapse. Hartopp took him by the hand, and led him gently to his own arm-chair beside the table. The Comedian dropped on the chair, still without speaking. Me. Haetopp.-- What is the matter? What has happened? Waife.-- She is very ill;--in a bad way; the doctor says so--Dr. Gill. Me.Haetopp (feelingly).--Your little girl in a bad way! Oh, no; doctors always exaggerate in order to get more credit for the cure. Not that I would disparage Dr. Gill--fellow-townsman--first-rate man. Still 'tis the way with doctors to talk cheerfully if one is in danger, and to look solemn if there is nothing to fear. Waife.-- Do you think so--you have children of your own, sir?--of her age, too?--Eh! eh! Me. Haetopp.--Yes; I know all about children--better, I think, than Mrs. H. does. What is the complaint? Waife.-- The doctor says it is low fever. Me. Haetopp.--Caused by nervous excitement, perhaps. Waife (looking up).-- Yes--that's what he says--nervous excitement. Me. Haetopp.-- Clever sensitive children, subjected precociously to emulation and emotion, are always liable to such maladies. My third girl, Anna Maria, fell into a low fever, caused by nervous excitement in trying for school prizes. Waife.--Did she die...

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