"It is of rather more importance to know what the man is himself than what his family is," she said, "if he is going to practise upon us as a surgeon.

Have you seen him ?" Grace had not.

"I think he is not a very old man," she added.
"Has he a wife ?" "I am not aware that he has." "Well, I hope he will be useful here.

I must get to know him when I come back.

It will be very convenient to have a medical man--if he is clever--in one's own parish.