Audley.
'Here or there, I will never bet again,' said Fernan solemnly.
'God help me to keep the resolution! It is the one thing that I care
for, and I know I should have begun the first day I was away from
you.'
'I think that with those tastes you cannot make too strong a
resolution against it,' said Mr. Audley.
Their dinner was brought in, but Fernando had no appetite. He soon
returned to his chess player, and seemed to be playing over the game,
but he was too much tired for talk, and soon went to bed; where after
a short sleep feverishness set in, bringing something approaching to
delirium. The nurse had gone a fortnight previously; but as he was
still too helpless to have no one within call, Felix slept on the bed
in the corner of the room.
When he came down the opening of the door was greeted by 'Don't let
him come! Is Mr. Audley there!'
'Yes, he is not gone.'
Then he knew Felix, but soon began again to talk of the game at
chess, evidently mixing up his uncle with the personage with the long
feather.
'He has been checked once. I've taken one piece of his. He is gone
now. Will he come back after my Baptism? No; I shall go to him.
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