human
I would spare you all this if I dared, if I could be conscience-clear, continued Mr. Elliott.
gpt
But I would be faithless to my duty if I kept silent. You know the sad case of Mrs. Carlton?
human
You don't mean to lay that, too, at my door!
gpt
Not directly; it was one of the secondary effects. I had a long conversation with Dr. Hillhouse to-day. His health has failed rapidly for some months past, and he is now much broken down. You know that he performed the operation which cost Mrs. Carlton her life? Well, the doctor has never got over the shock of that catastrophe. It has preyed upon his mind ever since, and is one of the causes of his impaired health.
human
I should call that a weakness, returned Mr. Birtwell.
gpt
He did his best. No one is safe from accidents or malign influences. I never heard that Mr. Carlton blamed him.
human
Ah, these malign influences! said the clergyman.
gpt
They meet us everywhere and hurt us at every turn, and yet not one of them could reach and affect our lives if some human hand did not set them free and send them forth among men to, hurt and to destroy. And now let me tell you of the interview I had with Dr. Hillhouse to-day. He has given his consent, but with this injunction: we cannot speak of it to others.
human
I will faithfully respect his wishes,