He was coming here when he received your message, but I told him he should not do it; I would come myself, and if I found it absolutely necessary that you should see him, I would let him know.

And now what is the trouble, Miss Panney ?" Miss Panney fixed her eyes steadfastly upon her visitor, who had taken a seat by the bedside.
"Catherine Tolbridge," said she, "do you know what will happen to you, if you don't look out?
You'll lose that man." "Lose him!" exclaimed the other.
"Yes, just that," replied the old lady; "I have seen it over and over again.

Down they drop, right in the middle of their harness.

And the stouter and sturdier they are, the worse it is for them; they think they can do anything, and they do it.

I'll back a skinny doctor against a burly one, any day.