George Manville Fenn
"Nurse Elisia"
Chapter One.
The Elthornes.
Crick!
“There: just as I expected. The old story. Hard and indigestible as lead.”
“I’m very sorry papa, dear.”
“Sorry! What’s the good of being sorry? You know how I suffer from indigestion, and yet you persist in giving me eggs like that for my breakfast.”