CHAPTER XIII

A CALL, AND ITS CONSEQUENCE MY visitor evidently noticed my stupefaction. She must have done, or she would not have been a woman. The reason of my sudden surprise was not because I recognized her, but on account of her perfect and amazing beauty. Every doctor sees some pretty faces in the course of practise, but having been asked to set down the chief details of this romance, I must here confess that never in all my life had I set eyes upon such a sweet and charming countenance. I judged her to be about twenty, and…