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The guests were all equally delighted, and amidst the laughter and chatter that followed, the Verrinder children and myself made good our escape, and I felt very thankful that the fairies' "wish" had got me out of what at one time bid fair to have been a very awkward predicament.
From then till the date fixed Shin Shira was very busy, and I only saw him once or twice, and on the eventful day I did not see him at all. The Verrinder children were coming in the carriage with me, and, according to arrangement, we were the first to arrive.
The gnomes all threw up their hands in dismay. "Why, we saw it," cried Marjorie, excitedly. "Didn't we, Dick?" The little man on the ostrich turned around sharply, and after staring at the children for a moment, shouted "Who are you?" "I am Dick Verrinder, sir, and this is my sister Marjorie, and our little brother Fidge," said Dick politely. "We are spending our summer holiday at Mrs.
"I am not married," said she simply. "Oh, I beg your pardon! I meant the doctor Dr. Verrinder Smith." "I am Dr. Verrinder Smith." Dr. Ripley was so surprised that he dropped his hat and forgot to pick it up again. "What!" he grasped, "the Lee Hopkins prizeman! You!" He had never seen a woman doctor before, and his whole conservative soul rose up in revolt at the idea.
Crowder, who had always regarded the birthmark upon her second daughter Eliza as a sign of the indignation of the Creator at a third helping of raspberry tart which she had partaken of during a critical period, learned that, with the help of two galvanic needles, the mischief was not irreparable. In a month Dr. Verrinder Smith was known, and in two she was famous. Occasionally, Dr.
The Verrinder children were in a state of great excitement and glee, for we were going to spend the day at Burnham Beeches. The plan was to drive over in a wagonette and have a picnic under the trees in the middle of the day. Lionel was amongst the party, and Lady Betty, a young friend of the Verrinders, so that we were a merry crowd as we scrambled into the wagonette.
And this joy it was which led him to take a step which was quite at variance with his usual habits. It is the custom for a new-comer among medical men to call first upon the older, and the etiquette upon the subject is strict. Dr. Ripley was pedantically exact on such points, and yet he deliberately drove over next day and called upon Dr. Verrinder Smith.
"Verrinder Smith, M. D.," was printed across it in very neat, small lettering. The last man had had letters half a foot long, with a lamp like a fire-station. Dr. James Ripley noted the difference, and deduced from it that the new-comer might possibly prove a more formidable opponent. He was convinced of it that evening when he came to consult the current medical directory.
Ripley passed his fingers through his thin hair in bewilderment as he read his rival's record. What on earth could so brilliant a man mean by putting up his plate in a little Hampshire hamlet. But Dr. Ripley furnished himself with an explanation to the riddle. No doubt Dr. Verrinder Smith had simply come down there in order to pursue some scientific research in peace and quiet.
By it he learned that Dr. Verrinder Smith was the holder of superb degrees, that he had studied with distinction at Edinburgh, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna, and finally that he had been awarded a gold medal and the Lee Hopkins scholarship for original research, in recognition of an exhaustive inquiry into the functions of the anterior spinal nerve roots. Dr.
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