Paul Faber Surgeon Author:George MacDonald Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER XV. THE PARLOR AT OWLKIRK. When he called, as he had said, in the evening, she looked much better, and there was even a touch of playfulness in her... more » manner. He could not but hope some crisis had been passed. The money she had received for the ring had probably something to do with it. Perhaps she had not known how valuable the ring was. Thereupon in his conscientiousness he began to doubt whether he had given her its worth. In reality he had exceeded it by a few pounds, as he discovered upon inquiry afterward in London. Anyhow it did not much matter, he said to himself: he was sure to find some way of restoring it to her. Suddenly she looked up, and said hurriedly : " I can never repay you, Dr. Faber. No one can do the impossible." " You can repay me," returned Faber. " How ? " she said, looking startled. " By never again thinking of obligation to me." " You must not ask that of me," she rejoined. " It would not be right." The tinge of a rose not absolutely white floated over her face and forehead as she spoke. " Then I shall be content," he replied, " if you will say nothing about it until you are well settled. After that I. promise to send you a bill as long as a snipe's." She smiled, looked up brightly, and said, " You promise ?" " I do." " If you don't keep your promise, I shall have to take severe measures. Don't fancy me without money. I could pay you now—at least I think so." It was a great good sign of her that she could talk about money plainly as she did. It wants a thoroughbred soul to talk just right about money. Most people treat money like a bosom-sin : they follow it earnestly, but do not talk about it at all in society. " I only pay six shillings a week for my lodgings ! " she added, with a merry laugh. What...« less