She said in a somewhat awkward pause, following the old man's proposal, that a doctor's bill was a personal thing, and she would as soon allow some one else to pay it as to pay for her washing.

At this Orlando giggled again, and ventured the remark that no doctor could dispense enough medicine in a year to pay her laundry bill for a month--which pleased the old lady greatly and impelled her to swing her skirt kittenishly.
It was at this point that Li Choo came knocking at the open door with a message for Mazarine.

It related to a horse-accident at what was known as One Mile Spring; and Mazarine, having frowned his wife out of the doorway, made his way downstairs and prepared for his short journey to the Spring.

Before he left, however, he called Li Choo aside, and what he said caused Li Choo to answer: "Me get money, me do job.

Me keep eyes open.