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You must be patient, and try all the time to
recollect. You know I am not deceiving you, but seeking to help
you. You don't like this. That doesn't matter. Didn't you see
doctors do many things in hospitals which the patients didn't
like?"
"I reckon," replied Nichol, growing reasonable at once when
brought on familiar ground.
"Well, you are my patient. I may have to do some disagreeable
things, but they won't hurt you. It won't be like taking off an
arm or a leg. You have seen that done, I suppose?"
"You bet!" was the eager, proud reply. "I used to hold the fellows
when they squirmed."
"Now hold yourself. Be patient and good-natured. While we are
about it, I want to make every appeal possible to your lost
memory, and I order you to keep on trying to remember till I say:
'Through for the present.' If we succeed, you'll thank me all the
days of your life. Anyhow, you must do as I say."
"Oh, I know that."
"Well, then, your name is Captain Nichol. This is Mr. Nichol, your
father; this lady is your mother. Call them father and mother when
you speak to them.


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