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the perambulator from the stores in his name,
he had had to pay five pounds for it, she could
have got an excellent second hand one in Dundee
for two pounds. Could I help him to find a
purchaser for the perambulator? He did not
want to make any profits on it, but he would
like to get his money back.
I told him that if he left his sister in Rome
she would be quite capable of ordering another
perambulator from the stores. He seemed much
impressed by this argument. I lent him my
carriage to take his sister to the station. I have
never seen them again.
* * *
So far the prophecy of the Swedish Minister
had been fulfilled, I had been an easy winner.
Soon however I had to deal with a far more
serious rival who had just then taken up his
practice in Rome. I was told and I believe it
was true that it was my rapid success which had
made him give up his lucrative practice in ——
and settle in the capital. He enjoyed an
excellent reputation among his countrymen as an able
doctor and a charming man. He soon became a
conspicuous figure in the Roman society from
which I was vanishing more and more, having
learned what I wanted to know. He drove about
in a carriage as smart as my own, he entertained
a lot in his sumptuous apartment in the Corso,
his rise was as rapid as my own had been. He
had called on me, we had agreed there was
room in Rome for both of us, he was always very
courteous to me whenever we met. He had
evidently a very large practice, chiefly drawn
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