Mrs. S. (Faintly.) Yes.
Dr. Mr. Slightly, your wife’s nerves are unstrung!
Mrs. N. Well, I should think so.
Dr. She must have quiet. She’ll be all right to-morrow.
Mrs. N. (Aside.) Knowed that much myself.
Bob. (Anxiously.) What is the matter, doctor?
Dr. Old complaint with complications. (Mrs. S. throws up her hands unnoticed by Dr.) Her nerves are unstrung. Observe the abnormal action of the levator labiæ superioris, the orbicularis oris and the levator palpebrarum.
Mrs. N. Land o’ rest! jist hear that!
Dr. I think there is a slight difficulty, too, in the decussation of the medulla oblongata which has established a sympathetic action with the solar plexus and the pneumogastricus.
Mrs. N. Say, Dr. Gagg, what does all that rigmarole mean? hysterics?