'Chickaree hospitality is not precisely neglect,' said the doctor with some quickness. 'I have yet to see the first personscientific, literary, fashionablewho was not glad of a chance to enjoy it. It is the house in all this region where you are sure to meet whoever is worth seeing.'
'Well, sir, well,' said the old gentleman, getting up and giving himself an uneasy shake, 'perhaps I have something to learn!'
If he had, he began upon his course of lessons that very evening, appearing at Chickaree for dinner. A few days after, Mr. Falkirk took possession of his old cottage again; and he has no purpose to forsake it any more.
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