"I will go as soon as my horse is ready." Orders were sent out to put the horse to the sleigh.

This was quickly done, and the doctor, fully accoutered, walked to the door.
"I shall be back as soon as I can, Mary," he said.
"That won't be very soon.

It is a good two-miles' ride." "I shan't loiter on the way, you may be sure of that.

Abner, I am ready." The snow was still falling, but not quite so fast as early in the afternoon.

The wind, however, blew quite as hard, and the doctor found all his wrappings needful.
At intervals on the road he came to deep drifts of snow through which the horse had some difficulty in drawing the sleigh, but at length he arrived at the door of his patient.