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"Benjaood

deal"

"And now he objects to theatrical things?"

"He objects so intensely," said Dr Lavendar, "that, anxious as I a this foolish and wicked quarrel to an end,

I should really hesitate to have you do so, if you insisted on

discussing that subject"

Benja fist "It was efficacious!"

"And you would give your right hand to undo it," said Dr Lavendar

The very old ht hand and looked at it; then

he said sullenly, "I only wanted his own good You ought to see that--

a parson!"

"But you forget; I don't knohat it was about"

Mr Wright's face twitched "Well," he said spasmodically, "I'll-tell

you I--"

"Yes?"

"I--" his voice broke, then he coughed, then he tried to laugh

"Sih I had occasion to send hiht stopped; poured so to add any water, drank it at a

gulp, "He didn't come back until the next afternoon"