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IV
A FASHIONABLE DOCTOR
I had a standing invitation to dine at the
hôtel in Faubourg St. Germain every
Sunday. The Count had long ago withdrawn his
objections to doctors, in fact he was charming
to me. Family dinner, only M. l’Abbé and
occasionally the cousin of the Countess, the Vicomte
Maurice, who treated me with an almost insolent
nonchalance. I disliked him from the first time I
saw him, and I soon discovered I was not the only
one. It was evident that the Count and he had
very little to say to each other. The Abbé was
a priest of the old school and a man of the world
who knew far more of life and human nature
than I did. He was at first very reserved towards
me and often, when I noticed his shrewd eyes
fixed on me, I felt as if he knew more about colitis
than I did. I felt almost ashamed before this old
man and would have liked to talk openly to him
and lay my cards on the table. But I never had
the chance, I never had an opportunity of seeing
him alone. One day, as I entered my
dining-room to snatch a rapid luncheon before beginning
my consultation, I was surprised to find him
there waiting for me. He said he had come of his
own accord, in his quality of an old friend of the
family and wished I should not mention his visit.
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