t admit it he grinned oh maybe once or twice when will has positively known of a case where doctor � ere one of the others has continued to call on longer than necessary he has laughed about it but he stiu grinned o really and en you say the wives of the doctors share these mrs and i haven t any particular crush m each other she s so stolid but hear mother mrs � nobody could be sweeter yes i m sure she s very bland but i wouldn t tell her my heart s secrets if i were you my dear i insist that there s only one professional man s wife in this town who plot and that is you you blessed won t be ed i t believe that medicine the main street of healing can be turned into a penny kicking business see here hasn t ever hinted to you that you d better be nice to some old woman because she tells her friends which doctor to call in but i t to she remembered certain remarks which had regarding the widow she looked at he sprang up strode to her with a nervous step smoothed her hand she wondered if she ought to be offended by his caress then she wondered if he liked her hat the new oriental of rose and silver he her hand his elbow brushed her shoulder he flitted over to the desk chair his thin back stooped he picked up the across it he peered at her with such loneliness that she was startled but his eyes faded into as he talked of the of he stopped himself with a sharp good card you re not a jury you are within your legal rights in refusing to be subjected to this up i m a tedious old the obvious while you re the spirit of rebellion tell me your side what is to you a bore � � can i help how could your � � i don t know perhaps by listening i haven t done that tom u but can t i be the of the old french plays the maid with the mirror and the loyal cars � � oh what is there to confide the people are and proud of it and even if i liked you i talk to you without twenty old watching whispering � � but you will come talk to me once in a while � � not sure that i shall i m trying to develop my own large capacity for and contentment failed at every positive thing i ve tried i d better settle down as they can it and be satisfied to nothing � � don t be cynical it hurts me in you it s like blood on the wing of a humming bird � � not a humming bird a hawk a tiny hawk to death by these large white but i am grateful to you for me in the faith and going home � � please stay and have some coffee with me td like to but succeeded in me fm afraid o what people might say not afraid of that i m only afraid of what you might he stalked to her took her hand cared you have been hai y here yes i m begging she squeezed his hand quickly then snatched hers away she had but little of the curiosity of the and none of the s joy in if she was the girl was the clumsy boy he about the office his fists into his pockets he stammered i � i � i oh the devil why do i awaken from smooth to this jagged e i m going to trot down the hall and bring in the and well all have coffee or something the yes really quite a decent young pair � and his wife he s a just come to town they live in a room his office same as i do here they don t know much of anybody heard of them and never thought to call fm horribly ashamed do bring them she stopped for no very clear reason but his e q said her faltering admitted that they wished they had never mentioned the with enthusiasm he said splendid i will from the door he at her curled in the leather chair he slipped out came back with dr and mrs the four of them drank rather bad coffee which made on a they laughed and spoke of and were and started for home through the november wind chapter jl she was marching home no i couldn t fall in love with him i like him very much but he s too much of a could i kiss him main street no at twenty six i could have kissed him then maybe even if i were married to some one else and probably td have been in persuading myself that it wasn t really wrong the amazing thing is that fm not more amazed at myself i the virtuous young matron am i to be trusted if the prince charming came a married a year and yearning for a prince charming like a of sixteen they say that marriage is a magic change but i m not changed but i wouldn t want to fall in love even if the prince did come i wouldn t want to hurt will i am fond of will i am he doesn t stir me not any longer but i depend on him he is home and children i wonder when we will begin to have children i do want wonder whether i remembered to teu to have tomorrow instead of she will have gone to bed by now perhaps be up enough ever so fond of will i wouldn t hurt him even if i had to lose the mad love if the prince came 