opposite effect, oil of juniper for the chest, spirits of saffron to control spasms, and glyster for burns. The child's sobs came like coughs. All the way back to Blackwood Farm he guided me, sometimes in total darkness, other times by the light of the moon. I kept quiet about it.
A coldness stole over me. He had been born in New Orleans, reared in Boston and become a physician up North, coming South only when the family here contacted him and offered him a dream job at the new medical center. A firm hand was placed against my chest to steady me and to hold me back. 'Did Charlie hit you?' I asked.
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