"I do nothing this day but explode bombshells." In a moment Dora recovered nearly all her color, and laughed.
"It is so funny," she said, "that all sorts of things happen in this town without our knowing it.

Is she still going to be the doctor's secretary ?" "Yes, she can do her work out there as well as here." Dora looked out of the window as if she saw something in the garden, and Mrs.Tolbridge charitably took her out to show her some new dahlias.
Early the next morning, Dr.Tolbridge drove into the Witton yard.

No matter who waited for him, he would not delay this visit.

When he asked for Miss Panney, he had a strong idea that the old lady would refuse to see him.

But in an astonishingly short space of time, she marched into the parlor, every war-flag flying, and closed the door behind her.
Without shaking hands or offering the visitor any sort of salutation, she seated herself in a chair in the middle of the room.