Oh yes,
I shall gladly lie down when these notes are done, but this is not a
chance to be neglected. Now, Deo gratias, it will be my own fault if
Magnum Bonum is not worked out to the utmost; yes, much better than
if we had never gone to America. Even Bobus owns that all things
_have_ worked together for good!"
His mother, with another look at the face, so joyous though still so
wasted and white, went back to the other room, with an equally happy
though scarcely less worn countenance.
"I hope he is resting," said Mrs. Evelyn. "Are you quite satisfied
about him?"
"Fully. He may not be strong for a year or two, and must be careful
not to overtask himself, but John made him see one of the greatest
physicians in New York, to whom Dr. Medlicott had sent letters of
introduction-—as if they were needed, he said, after Jock's work at
Abville. He said, as John did, there was no lasting damage to the
heart, and that the attack was the consequence of having been brought
so low; but he will be as strong and healthy as ever, if he will only
be careful as to exertion for a year or so. This appointment is the
very thing to save him. I know his friends will look after him and
keep him from doing too much. Dr. ---— was quite grieved that he had
no notion how ill Jock had been, or he would have come to Ashton.
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