282 SIR ASTLEY COOPER. 



family I had long known, sat up with 

 me the first night, and did not depart 

 till one of my sisters arrived from London 

 the following morning, and remained. 



On the Thursday morning, with her 

 help I managed to dress myself; and it 

 being a fine day, went out and sat under 

 an apple-tree in the garden, where the 

 doctor, to his great surprise, about eleven 

 o'clock discovered me reading; he seemed 

 glad to find me so much better, but 

 thought I was running a great risk in 

 leaving my room so soon. In the after- 

 noon my Father came down, and* all 

 things being settled, I and my sister 

 returned with him to town. 



In the morning I went to Spring 

 Gardens, and knocked at the door of 

 the great surgeon and anatomist. The 

 door was opened by a servant out of 

 livery, and after a little time I was 

 introduced and ushered into his presence. 



