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The banker looked about him with an expression of perplexity, and then asked where he was. He knew nothing of the accident itself, and he had quite lost the recollection of all that had occurred immediately before the accident, or, indeed, from the time of his leaving Maudesley Abbey. THE BANKER LOOKED ABOUT HIM WITH AN EXPRESSION OF PERPLEXITY AND THEN ASKED WHERE HE WAS HE KNEW NOTHING OF THE ACCIDENT ITSELF AND HE HAD QUITE LOST THE RECOLLECTION OF ALL THAT HAD OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT OR INDEED FROM THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING MAUDESLEY ABBEY
ture of the leg was very simple; and if the limb was skilfully set, there would not be the least fear of contraction. Half-a-dozen surgeons were busy in one of the waiting-rooms at the Rugby station, whither the sufferers had been conveyed, and one of them took possession of the banker. Mr. Dunbar's card-case had been found in the breast-pocket of his overcoat, and a great many people in the waiting-room knew that the gentleman with the white lace and grey moustache, lying so quietly upon one of the broad sofas, was no less a personage than Henry Dunbar, of Maudesley Abbey and St. Gundolph Lane. The surgeon knew it, and thought his good angel had sent this particular patient across his pathway. He made immediate arrangements for bearing off Mr. Dunbar to the nearest hotel; he sent for his assistant; and in a quarter of an hour's time the millionaire was restored to consciousness, and opened his eyes upon the eager faces of two medical gentlemen, and upon a room that was strange to him. HE FRACTURE OF THE LEG WAS VERY SIMPLE AND IF THE LIMB WAS SKILFULLY SET THERE WOULD NOT BE THE LEAST FEAR OF CONTRACTION HALF A DOZEN SURGEONS WERE BUSY IN ONE OF THE WAITING ROOMS AT THE RUGBY STATION WHITHER THE SUFFERERS HAD BEEN CONVEYED AND ONE OF THEM TOOK POSSESSION OF THE BANKER MISTER DUNBAR'S CARD CASE HAD BEEN FOUND IN THE BREAST POCKET OF HIS OVERCOAT AND A GREAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE WAITING ROOM KNEW THAT THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE WHITE LACE AND THE GREY MOUSTACHE LYING SO QUIETLY UPON ONE OF THE BROAD SOFAS WAS NO LESS A PERSONAGE THAN HENRY DUNBAR OF MAUDESLEY ABBEY IN SAINT GUNDOLPH LANE THE SURGEON KNEW IT AND THOUGHT HIS GOOD ANGEL HAD SENT THIS PARTICULAR PATIENT ACROSS HIS PATHWAY HE MADE IMMEDIATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR BEARING OFF MISTER DUNBAR TO THE NEAREST HOTEL HE SENT FOR HIS ASSISTANT AND IN A QUARTER OF AN HOUR'S TIME THE MILLIONAIRE WAS RESTORED TO CONSCIOUSNESS AND OPENED HIS EYES UPON THE EAGER FACES OF TWO MEDICAL GENTLEMEN AND UPON A ROOM THAT WAS STRANGE TO HIM
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