Good lines: medical matters

     "The others are with him. Mrs. Rushton-Bell. Old Mrs. Talbot. Mrs. Statham. Mrs. Lambert. They are looking after him. Smelling salts, lavender water, that sort of thing. There's talk of sending for a custard. Heavy and nutritious foods serving to lower and sedate the raging spirit, of course."
From A Proper Education for Girls by Elaine di Rollo.