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"Well, doctor, and where are you off to now? " The speaker was the doctor's wife. "I do think it's unreasonable of people," continued this good lady, "to send for you just when you are sitting down to your comfortable breakfast, and you so particular as you are about your coffee."
"Who is it, Mary Anne? Who's the messenger from? " turning to the maid-servant, who stood in a waiting attitude half-in, half-out of the door.