CHAPTER XIII
A CRISIS
"Little wife?"
"Yes, Redfield Pepper—"
"I'm as nervous as a cat up a tree with a couple of dogs at the foot!"
"Why, Red, I never heard you talk of being nervous! What does it mean?"
"An operation to-morrow."
"But you never are 'nervous,' dear."
"I am now."
"Is it such a critical one?"