It isn't as if I were just out of college, you know .-- In fact," as if the thought had just come to him, "do I not seem to you to be a little old for--to be making a fresh start ?" The girl's eyes looked at him very kindly.

It was quite evident that she thought she understood the situation perfectly.

"I shouldn't worry about that, if I were you," she said.

"Young doctors are often no use at all.
A great many people _prefer_ doctors to be older! I know, you see, for my father was a doctor.

He was Dr.Coombe; for many years he was the only doctor here, the only doctor that counted," with a pretty air of pride.