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Before he could get to the end of the sentence Miss Jethro's agitation broke through her reserve. "Do what you proposed to do!" she burst out vehemently. "Stop her at once from carrying her examination any further! If she hesitates, insist on it!" At last Doctor Allday had triumphed! "It has been a long time coming," he remarked, in his cool way; "and it's all the more welcome on that account.
And, mind, I am not an affectionate man by nature. Are you anxious about her too?" "Yes." "In what way?" "In what way are you anxious, Doctor Allday?" The doctor smiled grimly. "You don't trust me? Well, I have promised to set the example. Keep your mask on, sir mine is off, come what may of it. But, observe: if you repeat what I am going to say " Alban would hear no more.
On the drive back to his own house, he opened the crumpled paper. It proved to be a letter addressed to Miss Letitia; and it was signed by no less a person than Emily's schoolmistress. Looking back from the end to the beginning, Doctor Allday discovered, in the first sentence, the name of Miss Jethro.
I happened to send it to the post, before I received a visit from a friend of yours a friend who had something to say to me after consulting with you." "Do you mean Doctor Allday?" "Yes." "What did he say?" "What you wished him to say. He did his best; he was as obstinate and unfeeling as you could possibly wish him to be; but he was too late. I have written to Mrs.
"I shall soon be ten years older again, if I go back to Netherwoods," she replied. "I didn't believe it at the time; but I know better now. Our friend Doctor Allday was right, when he said that my working days were over. I must give up the school to a younger and stronger successor, and make the best I can in retirement of what is left of my life.
Here, too, came occasionally the mighty and the omniscient Joe Allday, and when he did, the discussion sometimes became a little more than animated, the self-assertive Joe making the room ring again, as he denounced the practices of those who ruled the destinies of the town.
Doctor Allday promised, and listened. He had been, in some degree at least, prepared for a surprise but the disclosure which now burst on him was more than his equanimity could sustain. He looked at Emily in silent dismay. She had surprised and shocked him, not only by what she said, but by what she unconsciously suggested.
"You believe the doctor's visit was arranged between us. I never knew that he intended to call on you; I had no interest in sending him here and I must not interfere again between you and Mrs. Rook." "I don't understand you." "You will understand me when I tell you how my conversation with Doctor Allday ended. I have done with interference; I have done with advice.
Measuring, to the best of her ability, the responsibility which had fallen on her, she felt that it was more than she could bear, or ought to bear, alone. To whom could she look for help? The gentlefolks at Monksmoor were strangers to her. Doctor Allday was near at hand but Emily had said, "Don't send for him; he will torment me with questions and I want to keep my mind quiet, if I can."
Yesterday, Miss Emily told me that she hoped to be soon composed enough to examine the papers left by her aunt." Miss Jethro suddenly turned in her chair, and looked at Doctor Allday. "Are you beginning to feel interested?" the doctor asked mischievously. She neither acknowledged nor denied it. "Go on" was all she said.
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