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Billy still breathed. The Colonel came and went uneasily. The clock on the mantel ticked. Margaret brooded in a silence that was only accentuated by that horrible wheezing, gurgling, tremulous breathing in the bed yonder. Would the doctor never come! BILLY STILL BREATHED THE COLONEL CAME AND WENT UNEASILY THE CLOCK ON THE MANTEL TICKED MARGARET BROODED IN A SILENCE THAT WAS ONLY ACCENTUATED BY THAT HORRIBLE WHEEZING GURGLING TREMULOUS BREATHING IN THE BED YONDER WOULD THE DOCTOR NEVER COME
ime to put away all childish things, and all childish memories, and all childish ties, if need be, to follow one man only, and cleave to him, and know his life and hers to be knit up together, past severance, in a love that death itself may not affright nor slay. XXIX She sat silent in one corner of the darkened room. It was the bedroom that Frederick R. Woods formerly occupied--on the ground floor of Selwoode, opening into the living-hall--to which they had carried Billy. Jukesbury had done what he could. In the bed lay Billy Woods, swathed in hot blankets, with bottles of hot water set to his feet. Jukesbury had washed his face clean of that awful red, and had wrapped bandages of cracked ice about his head and propped it high with pillows. It was little short of marvellous to see the pursy old hypocrite going cat-footed about the room on his stealthy ministrations, replenishing the bandages, forcing spirits of ammonia between Billy's teeth, fighting deftly and confidently with death. AN SOULED WOMAN THE TIME TO PUT AWAY ALL CHILDISH THINGS AND ALL CHILDISH MEMORIES AND ALL CHILDISH TIES IF NEED BE TO FOLLOW ONE MAN ONLY AND CLEAVE TO HIM AND KNOW HIS LIFE AND HERS TO BE KNIT UP TOGETHER PAST SEVERANCE IN A LOVE THAT DEATH ITSELF MAY NOT AFFRIGHT NOR SLAY TWENTY NINE SHE SAT SILENT IN ONE CORNER OF THE DARKENED ROOM IT WAS THE BEDROOM THAT FREDERIC R WOODS FORMERLY OCCUPIED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF SELWOOD OPENING INTO THE LIVING HALL TO WHICH THEY HAD CARRIED BILLY JUKESBURY HAD DONE WHAT HE COULD IN THE BED LAY BILLY WOOD SWATHED IN HOT BLANKETS WITH BOTTLES OF HOT WATER SET TO HIS FEET JUKESBURY HAD WASHED HIS FACE CLEAN OF THAT AWFUL RED AND HAD WRAPPED BANDAGES OF CRACKED ICE ABOUT HIS HEAD AND PROPPED IT HIGH WITH PILLOWS IT WAS LITTLE SHORT OF MARVELLOUS TO SEE THE PURSY OLD HYPOCRITE GOING CAT FOOTED ABOUT THE ROOM ON HIS STEALTHY MINISTRATIONS REPLENISHING THE BANDAGES FORCING SPIRITS OF AMMONIA BETWEEN BILLY'S TEETH FIGHTING DEFTLY AND CONFIDENTLY WITH DEATH
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