Volume I Part 33 (1/2)
As soon as he was out of his mother's bed he cried less loudly, and when he was in his own he was quiet, with exception of a few broken sobs
The rest of the night was tranquil
The next night he caain As he happened to speak rather loudly, Andreoke again and began to scream His mother went and fetched hi that the child was nearly suffocated by its cries, and its eyes turned in its head and it foamed at the mouth; as soon as it was back in its cradle it was quiet, and in four days Andrew did not cry any more to co the lawyer returned, and took his place again at the doal chamber
As he was tired with his journey he went to bed early; but he had not long lain dohen he said to his wife:
”Why, how is it that Andrew is not crying? Just go and fetch hiot up and brought the child, but as soon as he saw that he was in that bed, in which he had been so fond of sleeping a few days previously, he wriggled and screaht that she had to take hiet over his surprise ”What a very funny thing!
What is the ? I suppose he is sleepy?”
”He has been like that all the time that you were away; I have never been able to have hi the child woke up and began to laugh and play with his toys
The lawyer, as an affectionate , and took hihed, with that vacant laugh of little creatures whose ideas are still vague
He suddenly saw the bed and his mother in it, and his happy little face puckered up, till suddenly he began to screa to be put to the torture
In his astonish the matter with the child,” and htshi+rt
He uttered a prolonged ”O--o--h!” of astonishhs, and buttocks were covered with blue spots as big as halfpennies
”Just look, Matilda!” the father exclaimed; ”this is horrible!” And the ht It was horrible; no doubt the beginning of soe affections of the skin which doctors are often at a loss to account for
The parents looked at one another in consternation
”We must send for the doctor,” the father said
But Matilda, pale as death, was looking at her child, as spotted like a leopard Then suddenly uttering a violent cry, as if she had seen so that filled her with horror, she exclaimed:
”Oh! the wretch!”
In his astonish about? What wretch?”
She got red up to the roots of her hair, and stauess--it ht to send for the doctoritthe poor child to e the lawyer sent for the nurse, and very nearly beat her