&ot;it&39;sdoylehe&39;sbeenshotissdebellefortshothihe&39;sthesalooncanyoue?&ot;

thestoutdoctorreactedproptlyheaskedafewcurtestions，pulledonhisbedrooslippersandadressg-gown，pickedupalittlecaseofnecessariesandaopaniedfanthorptotheloun

sionhadanadtotthedowbesidehiopenhewasleanghisheadagastit，halgtheairhisfacewasaghastlylourdrbessnercaovertohi

&ot;ha??whathavewehere?&ot;

ahandkerchiefddenwithbloodlayonthecarpetandonthecarpetitselfwasadarksta

thedoctor&39;sexaationwaspunctuatedwithteutonicgruntsandexclaations&ot;yes，itisbadthistheboneisfracturedandabiglossofbloodherrfanthorp，youanditthitoycab-likethishecannotwalkwetcarryhi，th&ot;

astheyliftedhirneliaappearedthedoorwaycatchgsightofher，thedoctorutteredagruntofsatisfaction

&ot;ach，itisyou?gootewithihaveneedofassistanceyouwillbebetterthanyfriendherehelooksalittlepalealready&ot;

fanthorpeittedarathersicklysile

&ot;shallitissbowers?&ot;heasked

drbessnerthrewansidergglanceoverrnelia

&ot;youwilldoverywell，younglady，&ot;heannounced&ot;youwillnotfatorbefoolish，he?&ot;

&ot;icandowhatyoutell，&ot;saidrneliaearly

bessnernoddedasatisfiedfashion

theprocessionpassedalongthedeck

thenexttenuteswaspurelysurgicalandrjifanthorpdidnotenjoyitatallhefeltsecretlyashadofthesuperiorfortitudeexhibitedbyrnelia

&ot;，thatisthebesticando，&ot;announceddrbessneratlast

&ot;youhavebeenahero，yfriend&ot;hepattedsionapprovglyontheshoulderthenherolleduphissleeveandproducedahypodericneedle

&ot;andnowiwillgiveyouthgtoakeyousleepyourwife，whatabouther?&ot;

sionsaidweakly:&ot;射needn&39;tknowtilltheorng&ot;

hewenton:&ot;i-youtn&39;tblajackieit&39;sbeenallyfaultitreatedherdisgracefully-poorkid-射didn&39;tknowwhat射wasdog&ot;

drbessnernoddedprehendgly

&ot;yes，yes-iunderstand&ot;

&ot;yfault-&ot;sionurdhiseyeswenttornelia&ot;one-oughtto-staywithher射ight-hurtherself-&ot;

drbessnerjectedtheneedlerneliasaid，withietpetence:&ot;it&39;sallright，rdoyleissbowersisgogtostaywithherallnight&ot;

agratefullookfla射doversion&39;sfacehisbodyrelaxedhiseyesclosedsuddenlyhejerkedtheopen&ot;fanthorp?&ot;

&ot;yes，doyle&ot;