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To night Henry Dunbar only spoke of the misery of being in a strange house. TO NIGHT HENRY DUNBAR ONLY SPOKE OF THE MISERY OF BEING IN A STRANGE HOUSE
as very painful; and on reviving from his fainting fit, he looked very suspiciously at his attendants, and put his hand to the buckle of his belt, in order to make himself sure that it had not been tampered with. All through the long, feverish, restless night he lay pondering over this miserable interruption of his journey, while the sick-nurse and the surgeon's assistant alternately slopped cooling lotions about his wretched broken leg. "To think that _this_ should happen," he muttered to himself every now and then. "Amongst all the things I've ever dreaded, I never thought of this." His leg was set in the course of the next day, and in the evening he had a long conversation with the surgeon. This time Henry Dunbar did not speak so much of his anxiety to get away upon the second stage of his continental journey. His servant Jeffreys arrived at Rugby in the course of the day; for the news of the accident had reached Maudesley Abbey, and it was known that Mr. Dunbar had been a sufferer. AY PRESENTLY FOR HIS LEG WAS VERY PAINFUL AND ON REVIVING FROM HIS FAINTING FIT HE LOOKED VERY SUSPICIOUSLY AT HIS ATTENDANTS AND PUT HIS HAND TO THE BUCKLE OF HIS BELT IN ORDER TO MAKE HIMSELF SURE THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN TAMPERED WITH ALL THROUGH THE LONG FEVERISH RESTLESS NIGHT HE LAY PONDERING OVER THIS MISERABLE INTERRUPTION OF HIS JOURNEY WHILE THE SICK NURSE AND THE SURGEON'S ASSISTANT ALTERNATELY SLOPPED COOLING LOTIONS ABOUT HIS WRETCHED BROKEN LEG TO THINK THAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN HE MUTTERED TO HIMSELF EVERY NOW AND THEN AMONGST ALL THE THINGS I'VE EVER DREADED I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS HIS LEG WAS SET IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT DAY AND IN THE EVENING HE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH THE SURGEON THIS TIME HENRY DUNBAR DID NOT SPEAK SO MUCH OF HIS ANXIETY TO GET AWAY UPON THE SECOND STAGE OF HIS CONTINENTAL JOURNEY HIS SERVANT JEFFREYS ARRIVED AT RUGBY IN THE COURSE OF THE DAY FOR NEWS OF THE ACCIDENT HAD REACHED MAUDESLEY ABBEY AND IT WAS KNOWN THAT MISTER DUNBAR HAD BEEN A SUFFERER
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