The Adventures of Doctor Brady (Volume 1) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1458855880 ISBN 13: 9781458855886

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII. THE CRUISE. I Had not long to wait. The next week saw the beginning of the short vacation at Easter, and my grandfather had written to say he thought, as the old house was under repair, and the typhus was very bad in the district, I had better stay at Dr. Ball's. " There is no one at the Castle/' he added, " and you will have your friend Maurice to keep you company at all events for your week's holiday." I was in our cubicle, arranging my flies for a grand excursion which was to last two days, and Maurice was packing up hard-boiled eggs, a pot of jam, and other luxuries, when the servant informed me, " The Doctor wants you, Masther Brady." It was rarely we were summoned to the presence, and I scarcely needed the addition, " I think yer goin' off somewhere, and maybe I'd best get ready yer duds, for there's a gintilman on a kyar has come, and they're waiting below." When I entered the study the pleasant face of the Lieutenant greeted me. But instead of his fishing suit he had on an undress uniform, and a cap with a gold band in his hand, and looked very smart. Dr. Ball and he had been engaged in looking over the large globe, on which the latter was pointing the course of some voyage in distant seas, and the former was in great good humour, for he had had an opportunity of astonishing his visitor by the accuracy of his knowledge. " So, Brady, you have met a friend of your father's. I am always glad to promote the education of the gentlemen in my establishment by favouring their intercourse with persons who arc able to improve their minds and cultivate their intellects--above all with such enlightened travellers as Mr. Window, a member of a glorious profession, to which England owes so much of its greatness"--here the Doctor bowed, and looked as...

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• ISBN 10: 1458855880
• ISBN 13: 9781458855886
• Einband: Tapa blanda