“She fainted,” cried Kirk. “It was all through me. I——”
The doctor took him by the shoulders. He had to stretch to do it.
“You go away, young man,” he said. “Take a walk round the block. You aren’t on in this scene.”
Kirk was waiting in the hall when he left a few minutes later.
“Well?” he said anxiously.
“Well?” said the little doctor.
“Is she all right? There’s nothing wrong, is there?”
The doctor grinned a friendly grin.
“On the contrary,” he said. “You ought to be very pleased.”