The Cottage on the Clif. 105

 

doctor hopes he won’t be very bad,
no bones being broken, only bruises
and knocks of the head. He don’t
quite know himself, you see, yet,
poor young gentleman! and we have
to keep him quiet, so you must go
and be as still as mice. The
doctor'll be here in the morning,
and the missis, too, may be!”

All this while she was tucking
us into bed again, and when she
drew the curtains and left us we
were afraid to whisper even, for fear
of being heard in the next room
and hurting Harry.

At breakfast the next morning
we were told that Gus was “ nigh