Sentence:  I wouldn't mind being sick if I could look interesting, but mumps! The funny thing is, I haven't had time to get them from these children and must have been exposed before. ... [S]omehow I was feeling far from well, myself, and when Dr. Weston came about ten o'clock he broke the dreadful news that I was <WSD>mumpish</WSD> too, and sent me off to bed. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Suffering from mumps.