uncommonly delicate matter. We must see him.’ “ ‘Well, if you insist, I’ll see if I can get him,’ I said; ‘but you’d better come in and wait.’ “ ‘Well, if you insist, I’ll see if I can get him,’ I said; ‘but you’d better come in and wait.’ ‘Well, if you insist, I’ll see if I can get him,’ ‘but you’d better come in and wait.’ “So the Johnnie opened the door of the cab, and there was a great hauling and pushing, my friend pulling an arm from the outside, and the doctor shoving from within, and at last they fetched out their patient. He was a tall man, in a very smart-looking, long, light top-coat, and a cap with a large peak shoved over his eyes, and he seemed very unsteady on his pins. “So the Johnnie opened the door of the cab, and there was a great hauling and pushing, my friend pulling an arm from the outside, and the doctor shoving from within, and at last they fetched out their patient. He was a tall man, in a very smart-looking, long, light top-coat, and a cap with a large peak shoved over his eyes, and he seemed very unsteady on his pins. “ ‘Drunk, by George!’ I said to myself at first. “ ‘Drunk, by George!’ I said to myself at first. ‘Drunk, by George!’ “The doctor—another young-looking man—hopped out after him, and they each took an arm, lugged their patient into the waiting-room, and popped him into an armchair. [pg 18] There he collapsed, and sat with his head hanging down as limp as a sucked orange. “The doctor—another young-looking man—hopped out after him, and they each took an arm, lugged their patient into the waiting-room, and popped him into an armchair. [pg 18] There he collapsed, and sat with his head hanging down as limp as a sucked orange. [pg 18] “I asked them if anything was the matter with him. “I asked them if anything was the matter with him. “ ‘Only tired,—just a little sleepy,’ said the cousin.
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