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After
showing
Roberta
into
a
littered
and
commonplace
waiting
room
and
asking
her
to
remain
until
he
had
finished
his
dinner
,
he
presently
appeared
in
the
door
of
an
equally
commonplace
inner
room
,
or
office
,
where
were
his
desk
,
two
chairs
,
some
medical
instruments
,
books
and
apparently
an
ante-chamber
containing
other
medical
things
,
and
motioned
her
to
a
chair
.
And
because
of
his
grayness
,
solidity
,
stolidity
,
as
well
as
an
odd
habit
he
had
of
blinking
his
eyes
,
Roberta
was
not
a
little
overawed
,
though
by
no
means
so
unfavorably
impressed
as
she
had
feared
she
might
be
.
At
least
he
was
old
and
he
seemed
intelligent
and
conservative
,
if
not
exactly
sympathetic
or
warm
in
his
manner
.
And
after
looking
at
her
curiously
a
moment
,
as
though
seeking
to
recognize
some
one
of
the
immediate
vicinity
,
he
began
:
"
Well
,
now
who
is
this
,
please
?
And
what
can
I
do
for
you
?
"
His
voice
was
low
and
quite
reassuring
--
a
fact
for
which
Roberta
was
deeply
grateful
.
At
the
same
time
,
startled
by
the
fact
that
at
last
she
had
reached
the
place
and
the
moment
when
,
if
ever
,
she
must
say
the
degrading
truth
about
herself
,
she
merely
sat
there
,
her
eyes
first
upon
him
,
then
upon
the
floor
,
her
fingers
beginning
to
toy
with
the
handle
of
the
small
bag
she
carried
.
"
You
see
,
well
,
"
she
began
,
earnestly
and
nervously
,
her
whole
manner
suddenly
betraying
the
terrific
strain
under
which
she
was
laboring
.
"
I
came
...
I
came
...
that
is
...
I
do
n't
know
whether
I
can
tell
you
about
myself
or
not
.
I
thought
I
could
just
before
I
came
in
,
but
now
that
I
am
here
and
I
see
you
...
"
She
paused
and
moved
back
in
her
chair
as
though
to
rise
,
at
the
same
time
that
she
added
:
"
Oh
,
dear
,
how
very
dreadful
it
all
is
.
I
'm
so
nervous
and
...
"
"
Well
,
now
,
my
dear
,
"
he
resumed
,
pleasantly
and
reassuringly
,
impressed
by
her
attractive
and
yet
sober
appearance
and
wondering
for
the
moment
what
could
have
upset
so
clean
,
modest
and
sedate
-
looking
a
girl
,
and
hence
not
a
little
amused
by
her
"
now
that
I
see
you
,
"
--
"
Just
what
is
there
about
me
'
now
that
you
see
me
,
'
"
he
repeated
after
her
,
"
that
so
frightens
you
?
I
am
only
a
country
doctor
,
you
know
,
and
I
hope
I
'm
not
as
dreadful
as
you
seem
to
think
.
You
can
be
sure
that
you
can
tell
me
anything
you
wish
--
anything
at
all
about
yourself
--
and
you
need
n't
be
afraid
.
If
there
's
anything
I
can
do
for
you
,
I
'll
do
it
.
"
He
was
decidedly
pleasant
,
as
she
now
thought
,
and
yet
so
sober
and
reserved
and
probably
conventional
withal
that
what
she
was
holding
in
mind
to
tell
him
would
probably
shock
him
not
a
little
--
and
then
what
?
Would
he
do
anything
for
her
?
And
if
he
would
,
how
was
she
to
arrange
about
money
,
for
that
certainly
would
be
a
point
in
connection
with
all
this
?
If
only
Clyde
or
some
one
were
here
to
speak
for
her
.
And
yet
she
must
speak
now
that
she
was
here
.
She
could
not
leave
without
.
Once
more
she
moved
and
twisted
,
seizing
nervously
on
a
large
button
of
her
coat
to
turn
between
her
thumb
and
forefinger
,
and
then
went
on
chokingly
.
"
But
this
is
...
this
is
...
well
,
something
different
,
you
know
,
maybe
not
what
you
think
...
I
...
I
...
well
...
"
Again
she
paused
,
unable
to
proceed
,
shading
from
white
to
red
and
back
as
she
spoke
.
And
because
of
the
troubled
modesty
of
her
approach
,
as
well
as
a
certain
clarity
of
eye
,
whiteness
of
forehead
,
sobriety
of
manner
and
dress
,
the
doctor
could
scarcely
bring
himself
to
think
for
a
moment
that
this
was
anything
other
than
one
of
those
morbid
exhibitions
of
innocence
,
or
rather
inexperience
,
in
connection
with
everything
relating
to
the
human
body
--
so
characteristic
of
the
young
and
unsophisticated
in
some
instances
.
And
so
he
was
about
to
repeat
his
customary
formula
in
such
cases
that
all
could
be
told
to
him
without
fear
or
hesitation
,
whatever
it
might
be
,
when
a
secondary
thought
,
based
on
Roberta
's
charm
and
vigor
,
as
well
as
her
own
thought
waves
attacking
his
cerebral
receptive
centers
,
caused
him
to
decide
that
he
might
be
wrong
.
After
all
,
why
might
not
this
be
another
of
those
troublesome
youthful
cases
in
which
possibly
immorality
and
illegitimacy
was
involved
.
She
was
so
young
,
healthy
and
attractive
,
besides
,
they
were
always
cropping
up
,
these
cases
--
in
connection
with
the
most
respectable-looking
girls
at
times
.
And
invariably
they
spelled
trouble
and
distress
for
doctors
.
And
,
for
various
reasons
connected
with
his
own
temperament
,
which
was
retiring
and
recessive
,
as
well
as
the
nature
of
this
local
social
world
,
he
disliked
and
hesitated
to
even
trifle
with
them
.
They
were
illegal
,
dangerous
,
involved
little
or
no
pay
as
a
rule
,
and
the
sentiment
of
this
local
world
was
all
against
them
as
he
knew
.
Besides
he
personally
was
more
or
less
irritated
by
these
young
scamps
of
boys
and
girls
who
were
so
free
to
exercise
the
normal
functions
of
their
natures
in
the
first
instance
,
but
so
ready
to
refuse
the
social
obligations
which
went
with
them
--
marriage
afterwards
.
And
so
,
although
in
several
cases
in
the
past
ten
years
where
family
and
other
neighborhood
and
religious
considerations
had
made
it
seem
quite
advisable
,
he
had
assisted
in
extricating
from
the
consequences
of
their
folly
several
young
girls
of
good
family
who
had
fallen
from
grace
and
could
not
otherwise
be
rescued
,
still
he
was
opposed
to
aiding
,
either
by
his
own
countenance
or
skill
,
any
lapses
or
tangles
not
heavily
sponsored
by
others
.
It
was
too
dangerous
.
Ordinarily
it
was
his
custom
to
advise
immediate
and
unconditional
marriage
.
Or
,
where
that
was
not
possible
,
the
perpetrator
of
the
infamy
having
decamped
,
it
was
his
general
and
self-consciously
sanctioned
practice
to
have
nothing
at
all
to
do
with
the
matter
.
It
was
too
dangerous
and
ethically
and
socially
wrong
and
criminal
into
the
bargain
.
