Gerard, or the World, the Flesh, and the Devil, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Gerard, or the World, the Flesh, and the Devil, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel

Do you think it would really matter - to him? Asked Gerard.

I think it would. He rarely addresses me by name, but I think he always knows me. He will take things from my hand - food or medicine which he will not take from his nurses. They tell me he is much more restless when I am not there. I can do very little for him; but if I can make him just a Shade easier and calmer by Sitting at his bedside it is my duty to be there. I feel that it is wrong even to be away for a couple of hours this afternoon - but if I did not leave him and that dreary house once in a way I think my brain would go as his has gone.

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Excerpt from Gerard, or the World, the Flesh, and the Devil, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel

Gerard Hillersdon and Mrs. Champion met but rarely during the month of May. Doomed men are apt to linger beyond the anticipations of their medical attendants, and the famous physician from Cavendish Square continued his bi-weekly visits through all the bright long sunny days which society's calendar has devoted to the pursuit of pleasure - a chase from which Mrs. Champion's handsome face and form were missing.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.