He examined her carefully before taking a leather case from underneath his clothes. The case seemed to contain various medicines, one of which he mixed into a cup of water. Here, woman! Administer this draught, therefore, with thine own hand. Here, woman—the child is yours, not mine. Give her this potion yourself. Hester, staring with fear into his face, refused to take the medicine. The medicine is potent for good; and were it my child,—yea, mine own, as well as thine!
This medicine will do her much good. Were it my own child—my own, and yours as well—I could do no better for it. The moans of the little patient subsided; its convulsive tossings gradually ceased; and in a few moments, as is the custom of young children after relief from pain, it sank into a profound and dewy slumber. The physician, as he had a fair right to be termed, next bestowed his attention on the mother.
With calm and intent scrutiny, he felt her pulse, looked into her eyes,—a gaze that made her heart shrink and shudder, because so familiar, and yet so strange and cold,—and, finally, satisfied with his investigation, proceeded to mingle another draught. When she hesitated again, he took the infant in his arms and administered the medicine himself. The doctor—as he had a right to be called—then turned his attention to the mother.
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