Having a few near calls to make, I did not order my horse, as both
health and inclination were better served by walking. Soon after
breakfast I started out, and was going in the direction of Judge
Bigelow's office, when, hearing a step behind me that had in it a
familiar sound, I turned to find myself face to face with Henry
Wallingford! He could hardly have failed to see the look of surprise
in my face.
"Good morning, Henry," I said, giving him my hand, and trying to
speak with that cheerful interest in the young man which I had
always endeavored to show.
He smiled in his usual quiet way as he took my hand and said in
return,
"Good-morning, Doctor."
"You were not out, I believe, yesterday," I remarked, as we moved on
together.
"I didn't feel very well," he answered, in a voice pitched to a
lower key than usual; "and, the day being a stormy one, I shut
myself up at home."
"Ah," said I, in a cheerful way, "you lawyers have the advantage of
us knights of the pill box and lancet. Rain or shine, sick or well,
we must travel round our parish.
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