human
Here's Miss Walsingham, to see Dr. Gay. Is he in?
gpt
No, answered the boy in buttons,
human
What hour will yer master be at home?
gpt
Dunno. He was called away very sudden, on a journey; mistress knows.
human
What?
gpt
He says the doctor was called away, on a sudden, too, and that he don't know where.
human
Heaven help me, what does this mean?
gpt
When did he go--you surely know that?
human
I'll call mistress, said the boy, backing.
gpt
Come in, miss, and wait.
human
Oh, Mrs. Gay, it cannot be possible that the doctor has gone away without letting me know?
gpt
I do not know, my dear young lady, but it is quite certain that he went away somewhere without letting me know. I had precisely fifteen minutes to pack his valise in.
human
Don't you know where he has gone?
gpt
Not exactly; he vouchsafed to mutter 'Wales,' as he ran down the steps, without even a farewell to his boy, far less to his wife, and for what, or what he can mean by it is a mystery to me.
human
Did he leave no message for me?
gpt
I believe he did. I do seem to recall that he said you were to go to Mr. Davenport for explanations. Yes, that was the message.
human
Good heaven! And Mr. Davenport left word that I was to come to your husband for explanations! They must have gone away together! And I am left alone to fight for my life and to stem the tide of fraud! moaned poor Margaret, bursting into tears;