12/23 Antonia, I have been expecting something for twenty years. It is coming." "And you are sorry ?" "I am anxious, that is all. In the morning we can talk." In the morning the doctor was called very early by some one needing his skill. Antonia heard the swift footsteps and eager voices, and watched him mount the horse always kept ready saddled for such emergencies, and ride away with the messenger. |