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Scan 92
The second violin, 1906
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 70. See the scan on archive.org.
1"Good! good!" applauded Doctor Forester. "Churchill, you're in luck to live next door to this sort of thing."
2"Now that I know what I live next door to," remarked the younger physician, "I shall know what to prescribe for the entire family on winter evenings."
3There could be no question that Doctor Churchill also was enjoying the evening. Helping Charlotte and the boys serve the sandwiches and chocolate, which appeared presently—the chocolate being made by Mrs. Fields in the kitchen—he said to the girl:
4"I haven't had such a good time since I came away from my old home."
5"It was so nice of Fieldsy to make the chocolate," Charlotte replied, somewhat irrelevantly. Then as the doctor looked quickly at her and laughed, she flushed. "Oh, I don't call her that to her face!" she said, hurriedly.
6"I don't think she would mind. That's what Andy Churchill called her, and calls her yet, when he forgets her newly acquired dignity as a doctor's housekeeper. I'm mighty glad Fieldsy can be of service to you. You've won her heart completely and I assure you that's a bigger triumph than you realise."
7"She's the nicest neighbour we ever had," said
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