A JOURNEY TO NATURE 



Sees traits of mind and character and wants to 

 mould them in a higher sphere. Lovely, lovely, 

 in four months too. Hang me if I don t get a 

 cabin up here myself and restore my unbounded 

 belief in the therapeutic sex. You wouldn t mind 

 if I wrote the case up for the County Medical 

 Association, would you ? No names mentioned.&quot; 



&quot; Yes. I object. You don t understand the 

 case at all.&quot; 



&quot; Don t I ? Would you like me to make a 

 prognosis ? &quot; 



&quot; Certainly not, as you do not understand the 

 case.&quot; 



&quot; Pardon me &quot; 



&quot; Pardon me, Doctor.&quot; 



I believe we both scowled a little at each 

 other, and then the Doctor broke into a laugh. 



&quot; If you had not got mad,&quot; he said, &quot; I should 

 have doubted my theory. The next thing to do 

 is to get jealous. Oh, I went through this when 

 I was eighteen. When a man goes through it at 

 forty-four, there is hope for him. You ought to 

 be proud of my treatment.&quot; 



Something like a comic coolness ensued for 

 half a day, and we &quot; sir d &quot; each other. Then 

 it broke down, and we both laughed it off, but 

 I am bound to say that the Doctor made no 

 allusion to the affair when the girl was present, 

 though he noticed her with a critical interest. 



My acquaintance with Griselle grew in its own 

 unobtrusive way so slyly that I can hardly tell 

 where it began. I think that perhaps I came 



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