Home By Nightfall
“Stallings. “Mr. Stevens is awake,” he informed them.
“Awake!” Edmund cried.
“Has he spoken yet?” asked Lenox.
Stallings shook his head. “I fear that speech is still a ways off, but I am heartened by his progress. I give credit to your friend from London, Dr. McDonald.”
“McConnell.”
“Excuse me—McConnell. He prescribed a very mild dose of phosphorous given in beef soup, and I would swear that the patient’s pulse has grown stronger since I gave it to him.”
“That is excellent news. The moment he ca...n speak, please ask him who his attacker was.”
Stallings looked doubtful. “Calm is probably for the best, at least until he is much stronger.”
“Use your judgment, I suppose,” said Lenox. “It would be very useful to hear the answer.”
A woman or a child. McConnell’s description of the attacker: Might it prove as incisively given as his prescription for the wounds of the man who had been attacked? Was Calloway protecting one of the sisters of his late, beloved wife, either Elizabeth Watson, Hadley’s charwoman, or Claire Adams, who cleaned the town hall?MoreLess
“Awake!” Edmund cried.
“Has he spoken yet?” asked Lenox.
Stallings shook his head. “I fear that speech is still a ways off, but I am heartened by his progress. I give credit to your friend from London, Dr. McDonald.”
“McConnell.”
“Excuse me—McConnell. He prescribed a very mild dose of phosphorous given in beef soup, and I would swear that the patient’s pulse has grown stronger since I gave it to him.”
“That is excellent news. The moment he ca...n speak, please ask him who his attacker was.”
Stallings looked doubtful. “Calm is probably for the best, at least until he is much stronger.”
“Use your judgment, I suppose,” said Lenox. “It would be very useful to hear the answer.”
A woman or a child. McConnell’s description of the attacker: Might it prove as incisively given as his prescription for the wounds of the man who had been attacked? Was Calloway protecting one of the sisters of his late, beloved wife, either Elizabeth Watson, Hadley’s charwoman, or Claire Adams, who cleaned the town hall?MoreLess
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