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I know you will pardon me for not hearing what you said , and for what I am about to say ; but the fact is , I was wondering whether you have had the best advice and assistance that the medical science of to-day can afford you as regards your eyes . '' `` It is very kind of you , Mr. Sawyer , to think of me , and my trouble , and I will answer you in the same friendly way in which you have spoken . I was taken sick one morning just as I was eating my breakfast I never felt better in my life than I did that morning , but the pain in my side was so intense , so agonizing , that by the time I reached my room and threw myself on the bed , physically I was a complete wreck . A doctor was called at once and he remained with me from eight o'clock until noon before I became comfortable . I thought I was going to get better right off , or I should have written to ` Zekiel . Two other attacks , each more severe than the one preceding , followed the first , and I was so sick that writing , or telling any one else what to write , or where to write , was impossible . Then I began slowly to recover , but I was very weak and what made me feel worse than ever was the fact that the trouble with my eyes , which before my illness I had attributed to nearsightedness , was now so marked that I could not see across the room .