"All right. When can you go?"
"Wednesday, I guess, if I can leave my patients."
"Oh, come now; go and give your patients a chance to get well."
"Wait till I catch you sick, and I'll pay you up for that."
"You'll stand a better chance of catching trout."
The day passed much as usual, only Arnault appeared in the ascendant.
"He is going to town in a day or two," pleaded the diplomat, after dinner.
"And I'm going trouting," Graydon replied.
"When?"
"Soon."