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Sheldon's house; and in all that time the master never quitted it, except stealthily, in the dead of the night, or at early daybreak, to roam in a purposeless manner he knew not where. The doctors came and went Dr. Doddleson once a day, Dr.
I shall be very happy to meet Dr. Doddleson to-morrow morning. But as Mr. Hawkehurst was very anxious that I should see Miss Halliday to-night, I consented to waive all ceremony, and come with him on the spot." "I cannot blame his anxiety to secure so valuable an opinion. I only wonder what lucky star guided him to so excellent an adviser." Mr. Sheldon looked from Dr.
"I am going to London to-morrow to search for a greater physician than Dr. Doddleson. I shall find my man in an hour or so; and, if possible, shall return with him in the evening. There is no apparent reason to anticipate any sudden change for the worse; but if such a change should take place, I rely on you, dear, to give me the earliest tidings of it.
Doddleson went through the usual Abracadabra of his art, and assented to the opinions advanced, with all deference, by Mr. Sheldon. To Georgy this interview, in which Mr.
There is no time to be lost Mr. Hawkehurst, will you take this to the chemist, and wait for the medicine? Miss Halliday cannot take it too soon. I shall be here to-morrow at nine o'clock. If you wish me to see Dr. Doddleson, Mr. Sheldon, you will perhaps arrange an appointment with him for that hour." "It is rather an early hour." "No hour is too early in a case attended with so much danger.
"You overwhelm me," the stockbroker said presently; "you positively overwhelm me by your view of my daughter's condition. Dr. Doddleson apprehended no danger. He saw our dear girl on Sunday morning yesterday morning," added Mr. Sheldon, wonder-stricken to find that the interval was so brief between the time in which he had walked with Valentine and Dr.
"There is one element in the case which you appear to ignore." "What is that?" "The alarm which this summoning of a doctor from London must cause in Charlotte's mind." "It need cause no alarm. She can be told that Dr. Doddleson has come to this part of the world for a Sunday's change of air. The visit can appear to be made en passant.
Sheldon has just remarked, there is extreme languor; and as my good friend Mr. Sheldon further observes, we must await the effect of change of air. The aw invigorating sea-breezes, the aw enlivening influence of new surroundings, and aw so forth. Dr. Poseidon, my dear sir, is a very valuable coadjutor." "And you think your patient no worse, Dr. Doddleson?" "The doctor has just left Mrs.
Doddleson will consent to " And here he cast a deprecating glance at the doctor, as who should say, "Can you permit yourself to comply with a demand go entirely unwarranted by precedent?" Dowager Doddleson was eminently good-natured. "And this is our sweet young friend's fiance," he said; "dear me dee-ar me!"
Doddleson; I claim the right to choose another physician as that man's coadjutor, if you please. I have no wish to offend the doctor of your choice." "This is all sheer nonsense," said Mr. Sheldon. "It is nonsense about which you must let me have my own way," replied Valentine, resolutely. "My stake on this hazard is too heavy for careless play.
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