A Leopard in the Mist by S E Turner

Author:S E Turner [Turner, S E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult
ISBN: 9781976831591
Google: _ftGswEACAAJ
Amazon: B078VQZ581
Goodreads: 47689110
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2018-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

The doctor prescribed a list of herbal remedies and treatments, all of which the driver with his pony and trap had been sent off to take delivery of immediately. 'She has the worst case of food poisoning I have ever seen,' said the doctor grimly. 'She is severely malnourished and dangerously dehydrated. On top of all that, she is gravely underweight.' He held her wrist between his fingers to take her pulse. He then reached in his bag and took out a bottle of liquid. A measure was poured into a spoon and given to the patient. 'She must also take this three times a day.' He put the spoon on her bedside cabinet and took a pencil from his pocket. He wrote the date on the bottle and muttered to himself, 'twenty-fourth of September.' The pencil was put back in his pocket and the bottle replaced on the table.

'Will she be all right?' asked Cornelius.

'She will be now, now that she is back here. But her recovery will be long. She will have to remain in bed until she is strong again. I do not want her getting up or being concerned about anything. Her food portions will be small with regular amounts of water. Only water, mind you.' The portly gentleman began to put his instruments away and folded his spectacles into a brown lacquered eyeglass case.

'I can arrange all of that,' said Cornelius gratefully.

'It's imperative that she gets plenty of rest. I do not want her being moved at all. She has lost a lot of fluids and a lot of body weight. This must be replaced before she even attempts to get up.' He moved towards the door.

'Of course.'

'The prescribed dose will be on the bottles and they will provide her with all the minerals and vitamins she needs to help get her strong again.'

'Her maid will see to it.'

'Good,' the doctor smiled. 'If that's all, my lord, I will bid you good day.'

'Good day to you, sir, and thank you.'

Cornelius turned round to Gya, but she was now sound asleep in her soft cocoon and layers of silk. He crept out of her room quietly and ventured back to the room he knew best: his own living quarters. He looked around the vacant space. It would be refurnished again soon—much more to his liking. He sat in the comfortable arm chair and perused the days activities, and what a day it had been. What a few months they had been. So much had happened. So many life changing events and experiences were now piling up behind each other that with his increased tiredness, it was becoming a blur. He went to the bed and stretched out. He had forgotten what being comfortable was. For too long, he had settled for hard surfaces with the raw elements brushing against his skin. Maybe he should embrace this moment and act more like an Emperor now.

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