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"The butcher's wife, my dear mother, a most delightful old person, who has brought up three sons, and each one a credit to her." Mrs. Cavendish let go her hold on the doctor's sleeve and settled back in her chair. "And you won't even write to Dr. Pencoyd?" she asked in a disheartened way, as if she knew he would refuse.
Pencoyd known him for years," he continued; "I attended his lectures before I went abroad. Lives in a musty old house on Chestnut Street, stuffed full of family portraits and old mahogany furniture, and not a comfortable chair or sofa in the place; wears yellow Nankeen waist-coats, takes snuff, and carries a fob. Oh, yes, same old fellow.
Cavendish's outburst over the contents of her own envelope broke the silence and relieved his tension. "Oh, how fortunate!" she exclaimed. "Listen, John; now I really have good news for you. You remember I told you that I met old Dr. Pencoyd the last time I was in Philadelphia, and had a long talk with him.
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