WE have seen how it was with Doctor Hillhouse on the morning of the day fixed for the operation.

The very danger that Mr.Carlton sought to avert in his rejection of Doctor Kline was at his door.

Not having attended the party at Mr.and Mrs.Birtwell's, he did not know that Doctor Hillhouse had, with most of the company, indulged freely in wine.

If a suspicion of the truth had come to him, he would have refused to let the operation proceed.

But like a passenger in some swiftly-moving car who has faith in the clear head and steady hand of the engineer, his confidence in Doctor Hillhouse gave him a feeling of security.
But far from this condition of faith in himself was the eminent surgeon in whom he was reposing his confidence.