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But his rheumatism's lots better and we're all havin' the best time. My, it it's 'most like being in Heaven." She meant it, too, every word. There wasn't an ounce of joy that Ma Gummidge was missin'. "And it's so nice for you to be here in a comfortable apartment, instead of in some big hotel," says Vee. "Henry's notion," says Mrs. Gummidge. "You remember the Whitleys that complained about him?
She went in front of him to a cabin, in which, on a smart bed, Nigel lay supported by pillows. One candle was burning on a bracket of white wood, giving a faint light. Mrs. Armine stood by the head of the bed looking down upon the thin, almost lead-coloured face that was turned towards her. "Now Doctor Isaacson is going to make you sleep." "Thank God. The rheumatism's awfully bad to-night."
The doctor was out, so I left word for him what was wanted, and to be ready when I got back, and pulled for Father Slade's. The old gentleman had the rheumatism, and he groaned when I come in. Rheumatism's no disease for people who can't swear. "'How are you, my boy? says he; 'I'm glad to see you. Here am I, an old man, nipped by the leg, and much wanting to talk to somebody.
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