[The Guardian Angel by Oliver Wendell Holmes ,Sr.]@TWC D-Link bookThe Guardian Angel CHAPTER XI 3/28
You remember Myrtle Hazard? She is the great-granddaughter of your old friend the Deacon." He had to wait a minute before his thoughts would come to order; with a little time, the proper answer would be evolved by the slow automatic movement of the rusted mental machinery. After the silent moment: "Myrtle Hazard, Myrtle Hazard,--yes, yes, to be sure! The old Withers stock,--good constitutions,--a little apt to be nervous, one or two of 'em.
I've given 'em a good deal of valerian and assafoetida,--not quite so much since the new blood came in.
There is n't the change in folks people think,--same thing over and over again. I've seen six fingers on a child that had a six-fingered great-uncle, and I've seen that child's grandchild born with six fingers.
Does this girl like to have her own way pretty well, like the rest of the family ?" "A little too well, I suspect, father.
You will remember all about her when you come to see her and talk with her.
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