I will bring Dr.Hillhouse." "Take my carriage--it is at the door; and say to Dr.Hillhouse from me that I would like him to come immediately," Dr.Angier replied to this.
Mr.Ridley ran down stairs, and springing into the carriage, ordered the driver to return with all possible speed to the office.

Dr.
Hillhouse was in bed, but rose on getting the summons from Dr.Angier and accompanied Mr.Ridley.He did not feel in a pleasant humor.

The night's indulgence in wine and other allurements of the table had not left his head clear nor his nerves steady for the morning.

A sense of physical discomfort made him impatient and irritable.

At first all the conditions of this case were not clear to him; but as his thought went back to the incidents of the night, and he remembered not only seeing Mr.Ridley in considerable excitement from drink, but hearing it remarked upon by one or two persons who were familiar with his life at Washington, the truth dawned upon his mind, and he said abruptly, with considerable sternness of manner and in a quick voice: "At what time did you get home last night ?" Ridley made no reply.
"Or this morning?
It was nearly midnight when _I_ left, and you were still there, and, I am sorry to say, not in the best condition for meeting a sick wife at home.