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two hours, and that always on the side where 

 lay the fair patient. In fact, he constituted him- 

 self a sort of Cerberus, and dismissed a party of 

 children (who were playing near and making 

 a good deal of noise) with such gruffness that 

 the youngest, a little lass of four years, ran to 

 its mother and said, ' Mummy, the gentleman 

 with the kind face is so angry, I think he must 

 feel sea-sick.' 



Now, Reginald Miller was very fond of 

 children, and they simply doted on him ; he 

 was at home with them in five minutes, and 

 the very shyest child never could resist his 

 manner for long. He was, however, on this 

 o.'casion so absorbed in the welfare of his 

 patient that for once he spoke sharply. 



Under the circumstances I suppose he 

 must be forgiven. However, a shoal of por- 

 poises making their appearance on the star- 

 board bow, he held the little lassie up, and told 

 her all about them, and so quickly made his 

 peace. As he returned the child to her mother, 

 he saw that his patient was awake, and, hurry- 



