CHAPTER XV.
MISS PANNEY IS AROUSED TO HELP AND HINDER When Dr.Tolbridge returned from the visit to the patient who lived beyond Cobhurst, he did not drive into the latter place, for seeing Mike by the gate near the barn, he gave the cushions and whip to him and went on.
As it was yet early in the evening, and bright moonlight, he concluded to go around by the Wittons'.

It was not far out of his way, and he wanted to see Miss Panney.

What he wanted to say to the old lady was not exactly evident to his own mind, but in a general way he wished her to know that Dora was at Cobhurst.
Dora was a great favorite with the doctor.

He had known her all her life, and considered that he knew, not only her good points, of which there were many, but also those that were not altogether desirable, and, of which, he believed, there were few.

One of the latter was her disposition to sometimes do as she pleased, without reference to tradition or ordinary custom.