RAB AND HIS FRIENDS,

and anxious, and surrounded her bed. She
said she liked to see their young, honest
faces. The surgeon dressed her, and spoke
to her in his own short, kind way, pity-
ing her through his eyes—Rab and James
outside the circle, Rab being now recon-
ciled and even cordial, and having made
up his mind that as yet nobody required
worrying, but, as you may suppose, semper
paratus.

So far well; but four days after the
operation my patient had a sudden and
long shivering, a “ groosin,” as she called
it. I saw her soon after ; her eyes were
too bright, her cheek colored; she was
restless, and ashamed of being so; the
balance was lost; mischief had begun.
On looking at the wound, a blush of red
told the secret ; her pulse was rapid, her
breathing anxious and quick ; she wasn’t
herself, as she said, and was vexed at her
restlessness. We tried what we could.

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