"I begin to see that I shall have to learn English all over again."
"You have always spoken it?"
"Yes; except for some native. I wasn't taught that; I simply fell into it from contact."
"I see. So he's come around, then? That's fine."
He approached the bed and laid his palm on the patient's forehead, and nodded. Then he took the pulse.
"He will pull through?"
"Positively. But the big job for you is yet to come. When he begins to notice things, I want you to trap his interest, to amuse him, keep his thoughts from reverting to his misfortunes."
"Then he has been unfortunate?"
"That's patent enough. He's had a hard knock somewhere; and until he is strong enough to walk, we must keep his interest away from that thought. After that, we'll go our several ways."
"What makes you think he has had a hard knock?"