"Come in, Ellen, quick! You must be fair perished a day like now--and you out so little as you are.

Well?
I hope you found the doctor all right ?" He looked at her with affectionate anxiety.
And then there came a sudden, happy thought to Mrs.Bunting.

"No," she said slowly, "Doctor Evans wasn't in.

I waited, and waited, and waited, but he never came in at all.

'Twas my own fault," she added quickly.