"You're a heedless, disobedient pair," said the wrathful Sanders, "and if I'm blamed for your taking to your beds and gettin' rheumaticky fever and inflammation of the lungs, it won't be my fault, and I shall tell the missus so!"
XV
AN UNWELCOME PROPOSAL
Roy was not well for some time after this episode. He had a bad bronchial attack, and was in the hands of his old nurse again.
"It do seem as if everything conspires to make you a delicate lad," she said one day; "it beats me how you come through it as well as you do! But 'tis mostly your thoughtless ways that leads you into trouble."
"I'm sorry," Roy said, cheerfully; "but I expect I'm stronger than I look. I never shall be much of a fellow, I know; but even with my cork leg I can do a good deal, can't I?"
"You're worth two of Master Dudley!" ejaculated the fond nurse, but this assertion was of course questioned.
"I shall never be like Dudley, never! Not in looks, or strength, or goodness. He is better than I am all round!"