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"Nobody at home, eh? Well, I'm sorry. I wanted to see somebody very much. And there's no one at the other house, either. I'm away so much I see altogether too little of these people, Mrs. Fields. " Thus spoke Doctor Forester of the city -- the old friend and family counselor of both Birches and Churchills.
His son Frederic -- who had managed since his return from study abroad to see much more of the Birch household than his father -- was watching the conversation on the door-step from his position in the driver's place on Doctor Forester's big automobile, which stood at the curb. It was a cool day in May, and a light breeze was blowing.