five minutes past nine
Now , have you got all things ready -- you have , of course , a sheet well aired ? ' ` A sheet -- I did not know 't was wanted . ' ` Hey , this will never do , my dear Madam -- he 'll be here and nothing ready ; and you 'll do well to send over to the mess-room for a lump of ice . 'T is five minutes past nine . If you 'll see to these things , I 'll sit here , Madam , and take the best care of the patient -- and , d'ye see , Mistress Sturk , ` twill be necessary that you take care that Toole hears nothing of Dr. Dillon 's coming . ' It struck me , when originally reading the correspondence which is digested in these pages , as hardly credible that Doctor Sturk should have continued to live for so long a space in a state of coma . Upon this point , therefore , I took occasion to ask the most eminent surgeon of my acquaintance , who at once quieted my doubts by detailing a very remarkable case cited by Sir A. Cooper in his lectures , Vol .