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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1906 Original Publisher: The Authors and newspapers association Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Erotica Fiction / Fantasy / Historical Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III The next morning after breakfast, at which Mrs. Ewing did not appear, Doctor Gordon observed that she always took her rolls and coffee in bed. James followed Doctor Gordon into his office. Clemency, who had presided at the coffee urn, had done so silently, and looked, so James thought, rather sulky, as if something had gone wrong. Directly James was in the office, the doctor's man, Aaron, appeared. He was a tall, lank Jersey- man, incessantly chewing. His lean, yellow jaws appeared to have acquired a permanent rotary motion, but he had keen eyes of intelligence upon the doctor as he gave his orders. " Put in the team," said Gordon. " We are going to Haver's Corner. Old Sam Edwards is pretty low, and I ought to have gone there yesterday, but I didn't know whether that child with diphtheria at Tucker's Mill would live the day out. Now he has seen the worst of it, thank the Lord But to-day I must go to Haver's. I want to make good time, for there's something going on thisafternoon, and I want an hour off if I can get it." Again the expression of simple jocularity was over the man's face, and James remembered what he had said the night before about again running a race with himself the next day. After Aaron had gone out Gordon turned to James. He pointed to his great medicine- case on the table. " You might see to it that the bottles are all filled, '' he said. '' You will find the medicines yonder.'' He pointed to the shelf. " I have to speak to Clemency...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150740428 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150740426 |
| Weight | 0.46 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.31 In |
| List Price | $19.89 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 134 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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