He was charmed to see me, said he had been shedding delicious tears of joy and sympathy at intervals for six weeks on my account, had never been so happy as in hearing of my progress, began to understand the mixture of good and evil in the world now, felt that he appreciated health the more when somebody else was ill, didn't know but what it might be in the scheme of things that A should squint to make B happier in looking straight or that C should carry a wooden leg to make D better satisfied with his flesh and blood in a silk stocking.

 said that he was charmed to see me, and that he had been shedding delicious tears of joy and sympathy on my account, had never been so happy as in hearing of my progress, began to understand the mixture of good and evil in the world now, and felt that he appreciated health the more when somebody else was ill.
