`` Well , no ; it usually takes twenty-one days for bones to knit , and young ones make quick work of it , '' answered the doctor , with a last scientific tuck to the various bandages , which made Jack feel like a hapless chicken trussed for the spit . `` Twenty-one days ! Three whole weeks in bed ! I should n't call that quick work , '' groaned the dismayed patient , whose experience of illness had been limited . `` It is a forty days ' job , young man , and you must make up your mind to bear it like a hero . We will do our best ; but next time , look before you leap , and save your bones . Good-night ; you 'll feel better in the morning . No jigs , remember ; '' and off went the busy doctor for another look at Jill , who had been ordered to bed and left to rest till the other case was attended to . Any one would have thought Jack 's plight much the worse , but the doctor looked more sober over Jill 's hurt back than the boy 's compound fractures ; and the poor little girl had a very bad quarter of an hour while he was trying to discover the extent of the injury . `` Keep her quiet , and time will show how much damage is done , '' was all he said in her hearing ; but if she had known that he told Mrs. Pecq he feared serious consequences , she would not have wondered why her mother cried as she rubbed the numb limbs and placed the pillows so tenderly . Jill suffered most in her mind ; for only a sharp stab of pain now and then reminded her of her body ; but her remorseful little soul gave her no peace for thinking of Jack , whose bruises and breakages her lively fancy painted in the darkest colors . `` Oh , do n't be good to me , Mammy ; I made him go , and now he 's hurt dreadfully , and may die ; and it is all my fault , and everybody ought to hate me , '' sobbed poor Jill , as a neighbor left the room after reporting in a minute manner how Jack screamed when his leg was set , and how Frank was found white as a sheet , with his head under the pump , while Gus restored the tone of his friend 's nerves , by pumping as if the house was on fire . `` Whist , my lass , and go to sleep . Take a sup of the good wine Mrs. Minot sent , for you are as cold as a clod , and it breaks my heart to see my Janey so . '' `` I ca n't go to sleep ; I do n't see how Jack 's mother could send me anything when I 've half killed him . I want to be cold and ache and have horrid things done to me . Oh , if I ever get out of this bed I 'll be the best girl in the world , to pay for this . See if I ai n't ! '' and Jill gave such a decided nod that her tears flew all about the pillow like a shower . `` You 'd better begin at once , for you wo n't get out of that bed for a long while , I 'm afraid , my lamb , '' sighed her mother , unable to conceal the anxiety that lay so heavy on her heart .
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