I am quite satisfied."
And as I watched Connie, I saw that hope and expectation did much to
prepare her.
CHAPTER XI.
CONNIE'S DREAM.
Mr. Turner, being a good mechanic as well as surgeon, proceeded to invent,
and with his own hands in a great measure construct, a kind of litter,
which, with a water-bed laid upon it, could be placed in our own carriage
for Connie to lie upon, and from that lifted, without disturbing her, and
placed in a similar manner in the railway carriage. He had laid Connie
repeatedly upon it before he was satisfied that the arrangement of the
springs, &c., was successful. But at length she declared that it was
perfect, and that she would not mind being carried across the Arabian
desert on a camel's back with that under her.
As the season advanced, she continued to improve. I shall never forget the
first time she was carried out upon the lawn. If you can imagine an infant
coming into the world capable of the observation and delight of a child
of eight or ten, you will have some idea of how Connie received the new
impressions of everything around her. They were almost too much for her at
first, however.
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