Theneed of additional advice or service of some
physician somewhere! And yet,having gone so far, he did not know how to recede.
Besides, hed feel a lot sorrier for you than he would for me.
But before that hemust return to Roberta as he had
promised and find out if she wasbetter.
I see him around with her occasionally, and shes
gayenough.
Thinly cheered by this information, Clyde was about
to depart, forRoberta might be wrong.
Im too well known aroundhere, and besides I look
too much like Gilbert and hes known toeverybody. She had, and shecould too, without
him, if only she could get out of this.
And supposing this new treatment did not work, then
what?
He wouldprobably not be able to bring himself to
speak to Short to-night. You dont want to lose your nerve nowthat were here, do
you?
But what had he really meantby that at the time
that he said it, he now asked himself.
For something mustbe done about this unless she
were better to-night. And after that he must go over to Schenectady in themorning,
sure, to see the druggist over there.
If shesnervous, let her try something like
this.
Supposing somethingshould really be wrong with her
and he could not get her out of it. I dont knowwhether I can tell you about myself
or not.
Id feel so much easier and safer if he were old.
For although having said so much toher he still did not know to whom to
apply.
For after all, what didhe know about how she
felt?
Then hell understand its somethingprivate and itll
be easier.
Iftheres anything I can do for you, Ill do it. And
yet he really must, although perhapsnot so abruptly.
You know how much Ive been goingaround here since
Ive been here.
Theres something Ive beenwanting to ask you
about.
But Iknow that sort of thing is going on all the
time, so you might try.
Andinvariably they spelled trouble and distress for
doctors.
No doctors going to think anything much of your
coming to him,especially if youre alone.
How are things with the Griffiths Companyanyhow? If
I should be mistaken for him, or be taken for hiscousin or relative, well, then the
jigs up.