'I shall be ready by the time you get well started--towns grow so fast out there.' 'Dan isn't going to allow any woman under forty in his place.

He doesn't like them, 'specially young and pretty ones,' put in Tom, who was raging with jealousy, because he read admiration for Nan in Dan's eyes.
'That won't affect me, because doctors are exceptions to all rules.
There won't be much sickness in Dansville, everyone will lead such active, wholesome lives, and only energetic young people will go there.
But accidents will be frequent, owing to wild cattle, fast riding, Indian scrimmages, and the recklessness of Western life.

That will just suit me.

I long for broken bones, surgery is so interesting and I get so little here,' answered Nan, yearning to put out her shingle and begin.
'I'll have you, Doctor, and be glad of such a good sample of what we can do in the East.

Peg away, and I'll send for you as soon as I have a roof to cover you.