CHAPTER 6. THE FATHER OF THE MARSHALSEA-2

‘ Mrs Bangham,’ said the doctor, before he had been there twenty minutes, ‘go outside and fetch a little brandy, or we shall have you giving in.’

‘ Thank you, sir. But none on my accounts,’ said Mrs Bangham.

‘ Mrs Bangham,’ returned the doctor, ‘I am in professional attendance on this lady, and don’t choose to allow any discussion on your part. Go outside and fetch a little brandy, or I foresee that you’ll break down.’

‘ You’re to be obeyed, sir,’ said Mrs Bangham, rising. ‘If you was to put your own lips to it, I think you wouldn’t be the worse, for you look but poorly, sir.’

‘ Mrs Bangham,’ returned the doctor, ‘I am not your business, thank you, but you are mine. Never you mind me , if you please. What you have got to do, is, to do as you are told, and to go and get what I b……