Doctor--you will not go back!" He pursed a lip as he gazed down over his steel bowed glasses.

"I ought to get back, my dear, because I have other patients, don't you see, and it's a long ride.

Why can't you let me go?
You're young and healthy as a wild deer.

You're a perfectly splendid girl.

Why, you'll be out of this in a couple of weeks.