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Thus began a new life for both Betsy and Van. Gay, smiling days they were, and, for the most part, full to the brim.
It was country all around the Hospital, which was itself a big and famous one. Dr. Johns was the head doctor, and when he said "Come," people came there to work, and when he said "Go," they went away. It had been a great venture for Bob to bring a little dog to a place where everybody was serious and quiet and orderly. Dr. Johns, in his way, was a sort of king on the Hospital Hill, and had much dignity to keep up. What would happen if a riotous little prince of a dog should try to usurp Dr. Johns' authority, or upset his dignity? It would not do at all.