8/20 Mary, you know, likes tobacco, and Mr.George, I am sure," he added, in a slightly altered tone, "will excuse it." Mr.George would be charmed. But the Doctor, standing staring at him open-eyed for a moment, demanded in an audible whisper-- "Who the deuce is that ?" "Mr.George Hawker, Doctor, from the Woodlands. I should have thought you had met him before." "Never," replied the Doctor. "And I don't--and I mean I have had the honour of hearing of him from Stockbridge. |