“You will please not enter this house,” said Dr. Cassin severely.
A Chinese servant opened the door.
“I wish to see Mr. and Mrs. Boatwright at once,” said Brachey; then, as the servant was about to close the door, stepped within.
The two women pressed in after him.
“You are acting in a very high-handed manner,” remarked Dr. Cassin with heat—“an insolent manner.”
“I regret that it is necessary.”
“It is not necessary!” This from Miss Hemphill.
He merely looked at her, then away; stood waiting.
Mrs. Boatwright appeared in a doorway.
“What does this mean?” was all she seemed able to say at the moment.