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But before he inquired into the particulars of the squabble, Dr. Trenire attended to the wound. It was only a surface one, but the skin was torn rather badly, and Jabez was bleeding a good deal, and groaning with all his might. "Get me some hot water." Only too glad to be able to do anything to help, Kitty ran off; but to run for hot water was one thing, to get it was quite another.
"I would not believe you capable of such dishonourable conduct unless you yourself told me you were guilty." In the joy and relief of her heart Kitty forgot all about any suspicions others might entertain, until Dr. Trenire mentioned Mrs. Pike. At the mention of that name her heart sank down and down. "O father," she cried, "Aunt Pike need not know anything about it, need she?"
Trenire felt a little uneasy. He hated changes amongst his servants when once he had grown used to them, and Jabez was a faithful and valuable one in spite of his peculiarities. "You should have thought of all this sooner," he said, rather crossly, "and not have made such a step necessary."
Trenire had said that they might all go to the station to meet Dan; and they went on top of the 'bus, and alone too, for Anna did not break up until the next day, and the weather was lovely, and everything might have been perfect, if only they could have forgotten their tortured legs.
"I can't be sure I am going to be happy, but I can be that I am going to be unhappy, and sometimes it lasts for ever so long." "You poor little suffering martyr," said Dr. Trenire, "what is wrong now?" "It's my stockings," said Betty solemnly. "Whatever is wrong with your stockings? Stand still, child, can't you, and tell me." "No," said Betty, "I can't, my legs itch so.
Trenire did not feel able or inclined to argue the point then. Betty drew nearer to him and leaned against his shoulder. "Daddy," she said in her grave, confiding way, "you won't like it either, a bit. When Anna was here before you often used to say, 'Oh, that child! and you looked quite glad, as glad as we did, when she went away.
Trenire gave in, and they all set to work to find a house to suit her. But here they found a task which taxed all their time and patience. It had to be a small house, sheltered yet sunny, of a moderate rent, but in a good position; it must have, as well as a sitting-room, a room on the ground floor that Mrs.
They were as opposite to each other in tastes and natures as any two persons could be, and neither could understand or make allowance for the other. And Dr. Trenire, seeing all this, and how they irritated and annoyed each other, saw how bad it was, too, for Kitty's character, and at last consented, though very, very reluctantly, to Mrs.
When the door opened and Dr. Trenire came in with the heavy tread of a very weary man, and the face of a very worried one, another and a larger wave of shame and remorse rushed over them all. Dan stepped forward at once to put his feelings into words. "I am fearfully sorry, father," he said impetuously. "I I was a brute to throw the things at Jabez; but I I never meant to hurt him.
Trenire did not tell her that when he had left her at her school he was going to consult a doctor about his own health; for he intended to let no one know that he was bound on such an errand until he had heard the verdict, and only then if it was absolutely necessary. However, the consultation proved that it was absolutely necessary, and a few days later the following letter reached Kitty:
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