About noon
And with that he went off to see my father , taking me with him by the arm . `` This is nothing , '' he said , as soon as he had closed the door . `` I have drawn blood enough to keep him quiet awhile ; he should lie for a week where he is -- that is the best thing for him and you , but another stroke would settle him . '' About noon I stopped at the captain 's door with some cooling drinks and medicines . He was lying very much as we had left him , only a little higher , and he seemed both weak and excited . `` Jim , '' he said , `` you 're the only one here that 's worth anything ; and you know I 've always been good to you . Never a month but I 've given you a silver fourpenny for yourself .