Dr. Sevier

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Dr. Sevier by George Washington Cable, anamsaleem
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Author: George Washington Cable ISBN: 1230003319673
Publisher: anamsaleem Publication: July 13, 2019
Imprint: Language: English
Author: George Washington Cable
ISBN: 1230003319673
Publisher: anamsaleem
Publication: July 13, 2019
Imprint:
Language: English

Excerpt

he physician answered with better self-control.

"What do you propose?"

"I was going to propose--being a stranger to you, sir--to pay in advance." The announcement was made with a tremulous, but triumphant, hauteur, as though it must cover the physician with mortification. The speaker stretched out a rather long leg, and, drawing a pocket-book, produced a twenty-dollar piece.

The Doctor looked full in his face with impatient surprise, then turned his eyes away again as if he restrained himself, and said, in a subdued tone:--

"I would rather you had haggled about the price."

"I don't hear"--said the other, turning his ear.

The Doctor waved his hand:--

"Put that up, if you please.

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Excerpt

he physician answered with better self-control.

"What do you propose?"

"I was going to propose--being a stranger to you, sir--to pay in advance." The announcement was made with a tremulous, but triumphant, hauteur, as though it must cover the physician with mortification. The speaker stretched out a rather long leg, and, drawing a pocket-book, produced a twenty-dollar piece.

The Doctor looked full in his face with impatient surprise, then turned his eyes away again as if he restrained himself, and said, in a subdued tone:--

"I would rather you had haggled about the price."

"I don't hear"--said the other, turning his ear.

The Doctor waved his hand:--

"Put that up, if you please.

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