Volume 1

Dr. Edith Romney / a novel [by Anne Elliot].

  • Anne Elliot
Date:
1883
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Dr. Edith Romney / a novel [by Anne Elliot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the trouble of his efforts by the fun he got out of his new role. Mr. Milward, judged by a pro- fessional standard, possessed substantial claims upon his attention—he was a good connection, as Dr. Fullagher had duly explained when in- structing his friend. “ Milward,” said he, “ is one of the most tedious fools you’ll find in a summer-day’s journey; but he knows about everyone, and is well worth the trouble of securing. Humbug him about his latest mania, and he’ll soon discover you are the one man for the place,— and, what’s more to the purpose, he’ll tell everyone as much, for he’s the most accom- plished gossip that ever trod this earth. You needn’t scruple about the openness of the humbug, either. That is one good point about these hobby-riding idiots—you always know how to please them. Give it them as hot and strong as you like, you can depend upon their swallowing it without as much as a pause for suspicion. Men always understand such a natural thing as other folks’ interest in them.” By the length and warmth of Mr. Milward’s eloquence, aud his conscientious explanation of every detail and ingenious contrivance of his medicine- chest; by the number of extracts he read aloud from the book of treatment accom-
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