state to stand it. And I held out my hand with decision.
Instead of taking it he looked at me very hard.
“The place doesn’t suit you,” said he. “I see it doesn’t, and I’m devilish sorry! Take my advice and try something milder; now do, to-morrow; for I should never forgive myself if it made you worse instead of better; and the air is too strong for lots of people.”
I was neither too ill nor too vexed to laugh outright in his face.
state to stand it. And I held out my hand with decision.
Instead of taking it he looked at me very hard.
“The place doesn’t suit you,” said he. “I see it doesn’t, and I’m devilish sorry! Take my advice and try something milder; now do, to-morrow; for I should never forgive myself if it made you worse instead of better; and the air is too strong for lots of people.”
I was neither too ill nor too vexed to laugh outright in his face.
