VIII

Mrs. Chepstow had said to Nigel, "Bring Doctor Isaacson--if he'll come."

He had never gone, though Nigel had told him of her words, had told him

more than once. Without seeming deliberately to avoid the visit, he had

deliberately avoided it. He never had an hour to spare in the day, and

Nigel knew it. But he might have gone on a Sunday. It happened that, at

present, on Sundays he was always out of town.

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