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Doctor Thorne

CHAPTER XII
11/18

I could not think of it.

Sir Roger, I have no doubt, will know better another time.

It is not a question of money; not at all." "But it is a question of money, doctor; and you really shall, you must." And poor Lady Scatcherd, in her anxiety to acquit herself at any rate of any pecuniary debt to the doctor, came to personal close quarters with him, with the view of forcing the note into his hands.
"Quite impossible, quite impossible," said the doctor, still cherishing his grievance, and valiantly rejecting the root of all evil.

"I shall not do anything of the kind, Lady Scatcherd." "Now doctor, do 'ee; to oblige me." "Quite out of the question." And so, with his hands and hat behind his back, in token of his utter refusal to accept any pecuniary accommodation of his injury, he made his way backwards to the door, her ladyship perseveringly pressing him in front.

So eager had been the attack on him, that he had not waited to give his order about the post-chaise, but made his way at once towards the hall.
"Now, do 'ee take it, do 'ee," pressed Lady Scatcherd.
"Utterly out of the question," said Dr Fillgrave, with great deliberation, as he backed his way into the hall.


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