Soon's I get the coffee boiling and the cream skimmed.

I didn't know," with an anxiously reproving glance, "but what you might want to get washed up after you got in." "I--no, I think I'm quite clean enough, Mrs.Sykes.But it was very thoughtful of you to wait--" "Aunt, the coffee's boiling over!" The warning was distinctly audible and, with a gesture of one who abandons an untenable position, Mrs.
Sykes retreated upon the kitchen.
The visitor watched her flight with mild amaze.
"I suppose I should seem curious if I were to ask why the excellent Mrs.
Sykes imperils her immortal soul in your behalf?
But why in the name of common sense is the peril necessary?
It isn't a crime, is it, for a medical man to get up early and go for a swim ?" "You forget what day it is," said Callandar solemnly.

"Or rather, you never knew.

I myself was not properly acquainted with Sunday until I came to this place.

Your presence here is in itself a scandal.