hard-headed-looking

Updated: June 22, 2025

Sweeney was summoned, and appeared: a hard-headed-looking youngish man, whom Douglas immediately bore away with him. The young Irish doctor did not seem much concerned when he saw his patient. He seemed to be familiar with such cases. He said the girl must be put to bed at once. She was merely suffering from a feverish attack, on a system weakened by exhaustion and fatigue.

William Black - The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols