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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: some might think almost as bad as death. I'll give him a chance,
but if those symptoms do not abate in twenty-four hours, I must
operate. You needn't be afraid, I was house surgeon at a London
Hospital--once, and I keep my hand in. Lucky you came straight
here."
Having made his preparations and washed his hands, he returned,
syringed the wound with some antiseptic stuff, and dressed and
bandaged the leg up to the knee. After this he gave Anscombe hot
milk to drink, with two eggs broken into it, and told him to rest
a while as he must not eat anything solid at present. Then he
threw a blanket over him, and, signing to me to come away, let
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