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had no right either to judge or to punish, but for
the sake of protection. England was right as
usual. Even so these evil-doers had indeed no
right to complain of being treated harshly by
society. They were rewarded for their crimes
with the greatest privilege that can be granted
to living man, a privilege as a rule denied to their
fellow creatures as a reward for their virtues—
that of a rapid death.
Norstrom advised me to abandon reforming
society—he thought it was not in my line, and
to stick to medicine. So far I had no right to
complain of the result. He had however grave
doubts as to the smooth working of my scheme
to walk about as a sage among my patients
exchanging my services for portable goods. He
stuck to his belief that the old system of writing
bills was safer. I said I was not so sure of that.
Although it was true that some of my patients
after a couple of unanswered letters asking for
their bills went away without paying me anything
—it never happened with the English—others as
often as not sent me sums exceeding what I would
have asked of them if I had sent a bill. Although
the majority of my patients seemed to prefer to
part with their money than with their goods, I
had applied my system with success on several
occasions. One of my most treasured possessions
is an old Loden cape I once took from Miss C.
the day she was leaving for America. As she
was driving about with me in my carriage to gain
time to say all she had to say about her eternal
gratitude and her inability to repay all my
kindness, I noticed an old Loden cape over her back.
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