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The surgeon knew it, and thought his good angel had sent this particular patient across his pathway. THE SURGEON KNEW IT AND THOUGHT HIS GOOD ANGEL HAD SENT THIS PARTICULAR PATIENT ACROSS HIS PATHWAY
appearance, lifeless from the ruin of the Shorncliffe train. One of the banker's legs was broken, and he had received a blow upon the head, which had rendered him immediately unconscious. But there were cases much worse than that of the banker; the surgeon who examined the sufferers said that Mr. Dunbar might recover from his injuries in two or three months, if he was carefully treated. The 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. 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. D TO ALL APPEARANCE LIFELESS FROM THE RUIN OF THE SHORNCLIFF TRAIN ONE OF THE BANKER'S LEGS WAS BROKEN AND HE HAD RECEIVED A BLOW UPON THE HEAD WHICH HAD RENDERED HIM IMMEDIATELY UNCONSCIOUS BUT THERE WERE CASES MUCH WORSE THAN THAT OF THE BANKER THE SURGEON WHO EXAMINED THE SUFFERERS SAID THAT MISTER DUNBAR MIGHT RECOVER FROM HIS INJURIES IN TWO OR THREE MONTHS IF HE WAS CAREFULLY TREATED THE 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
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