Lavendar.
"Slow down these two-forties on a plank road, Jonas, till I get my
glasses on." said Dr. Lavendar.
After he read the letter he did not sing any more; his face fell into
deeply puzzled lines. "I must ask Willy what it's all about," he said
to himself. Certainly the note did not explain itself:
"DEAR DR. LAVENDAR: If it will not inconvenience you, will you let
David stay at the rectory tonight?--and perhaps for a few days longer.
I am not sure whether I shall be able to keep him. I may have to give
him back to you. Will you let him stay with you until I can decide
what to do?
"HELENA R."
"I wonder if that brother has interfered?" thought Dr. Lavendar.
"Something has happened; that's evident. Keep him? Well, I guess I
will!" He looked down at David, his old eyes beaming with pleasure.
"Mrs. Richie wants you to stay with me tonight; what do you think of
that?"
"I wanted to see the rabbits," said David; "but I don't mind staying--
very much."
CHAPTER XXXI
"Perhaps she feels that it would be better for David to be-in
different surroundings."
"But Willy! Wednesday night she told me that I must be sure and bring
him back to her on Saturday. What has happened between Wednesday and
Saturday?"
"Very likely nothing has happened between Wednesday and Saturday. But
perhaps she has just made up her mind."
"Ho!" said Dr. Lavendar; and after a while he added, "'Um.
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