This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... "Kind-hearted creature he is, I never heard him say a severe word of any one,, said Lady Cecilia. "What a sweet man he must be !, said Horace, making a face at which none present, not even Helen, could forbear to smile. "His heart, I am sure, is in the right place always. I only wish one could say the same of his wig. And would it be amiss if he sometimes (I would not be too hard upon him, Miss Stanley), once a fortnight, suppose--brushed, or caused to be brushed, that coat of his ?, "You have dusted his jacket for him famously, Horace, I think,, said the aide-de-camp. At this instant the door opened, and in came the doctor himself. Lady Cecilia,s hand was outstretched with her note, thinking, as the door opened, that she should see the servant come in, for whom she had rung. "What surprises you all so, my good friends ?, said the doctor, stopping and looking round in all his native simplicity. "My dear doctor,, said Lady Cecilia, "only we all thought you were gone--that,s all., "And I am not gone, that,s all. I stayed to write a letter, and am come here to look for--but I cannot find--my , "Your gloves, perhaps, doctor, you are looking for,, said Churchill, going forward, and with an air of the greatest respect and consideration, both for the gloves and for their owner, he presented them; then shook the doctor by the hand, with a cordiality which the good soul thought truly English, and, bowing him out, added, "How proud he had been to make his acquaintance,--au revoir, he hoped, in Park Lane., "Oh you treacherous !, cried Lady Cecilia, turning to Horace, as soon as the unsuspecting philosopher was fairly gone. "Too bad really! If he were not the most simpleminded creature extant, he must have seen, suspected, something from your look;...