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Chapter 4
Trelawnyisstillinthisstateofinsensibility;andyet,sofarasweknow,hisbodyhasnothadsuchrigidityatall?"
"ThatIcannotanswer.Theproblemisonewhichwemaysolveinafewhours;oritmayneedafewdays.Butitwillbeausefullessonindiagnosistousall;andperhapstomanyandmanyothersafterus,whoknows!"headded,withthegenuinefireofanenthusiast.
Asthemorningworeon,heflittedperpetuallybetweenthetworooms,watchinganxiouslyoverbothpatients.HemadeMrs.GrantremainwiththeNurse,buteitherMissTrelawnyorI,generallybothofus,remainedwiththewoundedman.Weeachmanaged,however,togetbathedanddressed;theDoctorandMrs.GrantremainedwithMr.Trelawnywhilstwehadbreakfast.
SergeantDawwentofftoreportatScotlandYardtheprogressofthenight;andthentothelocalstationtoarrangeforthecomingofhiscomrade,Wright,asfixedwithSuperintendentDolan.WhenhereturnedIcouldnotbutthinkthathehadbeenhauledoverthecoalsforshootinginasick-room;orperhapsforshootingatallwithoutcertainandpropercause.Hisremarktomeenlightenedmeinthematter:
"Agoodcharacterisworthsomething,sir,inspiteofwhatsomeofthemsay.See!I’vestillgotleavetocarrymyrevolver."
Thatdaywasalongandanxiousone.TowardnightfallNurseKennedysofarimprovedthattherigidityofherlimbsentirelydisappeared