human
I knew it! he cried.
gpt
I felt it in the poor devil's pulse. Miss Bessy, you have no right to make any one's pulse gallop so, has she, Sir Richard? Squire, your very humble servant. You have all come just in the nick of time, for I want help here. All the people are out in the field, and this poor girl is hardly able to help herself.
human
Oh, dear Miss Bessy, I'se so glad to see you, and with your own people too, cried the poor man.
gpt
You'se very good to come and see poor Ercles.
human
Hush! said the doctor,
gpt
Oh, I knows I'se going to die any how, Mas'r Christy,
human
You shall die if you talk, and I won't try to save you,
gpt
How hot his hand is!
human
Yes, said the doctor, oracularly;
gpt
I feel it burning here, close to my back, mas'r,
human
I dare say you do, answered the doctor;
gpt
Can I do it?
human
No, I thank you, Miss Davenport, replied the doctor, with a quaint smile.
gpt
When I have a robin to operate upon, I will ask you to hold it, but not Goliath of Gath. Sir Richard, perhaps, or Mr. Thornton, will hold the arm; and we will reserve for you an easier task. Here, Miss Bessy, take the second bottle out of that little black-leather case there, and put about a teaspoonful in some water. Then stand here, while I seek for the ball; and give him the draught if you think he is likely to faint. We must guard against fatal syncope. Now, Hercules, if you are quite quiet, you shall have relief in a minute or two; and if you keep quiet you shall get well. Why, old Jenny, I did not see you. You can hold the hartshorn-and-water.
human
No, _I_ will do it, Doctor Christy, said Bessy.
gpt
I never have shrunk, and never wish to shrink, from that which is needful to help a fellow-creature.
human
I know you don't,