As he came strolling into the room with his easy greeting of "Well, folks--" his low gruff voice, his muscular frame, over six feet two, and the kindly calm assurance in his lean strong visage, gave to Bruce and Roger the feeling of safety they needed.

For this kind of work was his life.

He had specialized on women, and after over fifteen years of toilsome uphill labor he had become at thirty-seven one of the big gynecologists.

He was taking his success with the quiet relish of a man who had had to work for it hard.

And yet he had not been spoiled by success.