14 “A little, dear auntie, but I feel it is getting hard again—you must try once more, if you please—oh! it is so nice!” And my prick throbbed up and stiffened to prove the truth of my words. But the doctor here interrupted us by saying that he must have his own stiffness reduced, at the same time presenting his really fine prick at full stand before our faces. “You must get up, my dear boy, and your aunt will allay your new hardness in another way, in which she will be able to relieve both our hardnesses together.” Reluctantly