I never like to cut in among the large blood-vessels and tendons of that region." At twelve o'clock Doctor Hillhouse made the promised visit.

He found Mrs.Carlton to all appearance quiet and cheerful.
"My husband is apt to worry himself when anything ails me," she said, with a faint smile.
The doctor took her hand and felt a low tremor of the nerves that betrayed the nervous anxiety she was trying hard to conceal.

His first diagnosis was not satisfactory, and he was not able wholly to conceal his doubts from the keen observation of Mr.Carlton, whose eyes never turned for a moment from the doctor's face.

The swelling was clearly outlined, but neither sharp nor protuberant.

From the manner of its presentation, and also from the fact that Mrs.Carlton complained of a feeling of pressure on the vessels of the neck, the doctor feared the tumor was larger and more deeply seated than the lady's friends had suspected.