May I suggest that Dr.Beckerleg accompanies us?
He is already acquainted with the drift of my commission, for reasons I will expound hereafter." "Of course.

Come in, Doctor." He led the pair into his dining-room.
"I may as well state, Mr.Finch, that my temper is somewhat impatient.

If you come as a friend, my hospitality is yours for as long as you care to use it; but I'd take it kindly if you came to the heart of your business at once." "To be sure, sir, and a very proper attitude.

I plunge, then, into the middle of affairs.

You will doubtless remember Silvanus Tellworthy, younger brother of the late Sir Jabez Tellworthy whose virtues recently ceased to adorn this neighbourhood." "Perfectly." "His conscience led him to exchange this country, in the thirty-fifth year of his age, for a soil more amical to his religious opinions." "I have heard 'twas for fear of the attentions of a widow in Harwich; but proceed." "After amassing a considerable fortune he died, sir, of a paralytical stroke, upon the 12th of November last." "I am sorry to hear it." "That was the common expression of Boston at the time.