A compliment she simply laughed at, an attempt
at flattery made her angry, and the Doctor afterwards declared to
her uncle he would not have believed that the guardianship of a
girl upon the long Indian voyage could possibly have caused him so
little trouble and annoyance.
"When I read your letter, Major, my hair stood on end, and if my
leave had not been up I should have canceled my passage and come
by the next ship; and indeed when I went down to see her I had
still by no means made up my mind as to whether I would not take
my chance of getting out in time by the next vessel. However, I
liked her appearance, and, as I have said, it turned out excellently,
and I should not mind making another voyage in charge of her."
CHAPTER V.
Two days after his arrival at Cawnpore Dr. Wade moved into quarters
of his own.
"I like Dr. Wade very much indeed, you know, uncle, still I am glad
to have you all to myself and to settle down into regular ways."
"Yes, we have got to learn to know each other, Isobel."
"Do you think so, uncle? Why, it seems to me that I know all about
you, just the same as if we had always been together, and I am sure
I always told you all about myself, even when I was bad at school
and got into scrapes, because you said particularly that you liked
me to tell you everything, and did not want to know only the good
side of me."
"Yes, that is so, my dear, and no doubt I have a fair idea as to
what are your strong points and what are your weak ones, but neither
one or the other affect greatly a person's ordinary everyday character.
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