“Mr. Wallingford, you mean?”
“Yes, that is the name, I believe. Do you know him?”
“Very well.”
“Is he prudent, intelligent, and reliable?”
“I think so.”
“You only think so, Doctor?”
“I can speak in stronger terms. As far as one can know another, I am ready to say that he is prudent, intelligent, and reliable. If I had important business to transact at a distant point, and needed a trusty agent, I would select him before any other man in S——.”
“I wish no better testimony, Doctor, and am glad to know that I can procure an agent so well qualified.”
“Have you seen him?” I inquired.
“No. But Judge Bigelow is to bring him here today, in order that I may see and converse with him.”