And there were other offices performed, of lesser range than these,
before he rose to go. There were cooling mixtures blended for the sick
child; medicines arranged; directions given; and all the items of her
tendance orderly foreseen, and put in pigeon-holes of When and How,
for service.
At last he rose to go. "And now, Mrs. Miller," he said, "I'll come here
at ten in the morning, and see to our patient. She'll be nicely by that
time. And (listen to those brutes in the street!--twelve o'clock,
too--ah! there's the bell), as I was saying, my offence to you being
occasioned by your debt to me, I feel my receipt for your debt should
commence my reparation to you; and I'll bring it to-morrow. Mrs. Miller,
you don't quite come at me--what I mean is--you owe me, under a notice
to quit, three months' rent. Consider that paid in full. I never will
take a cent of it from you,--not a copper. And I take back the notice.
Stay in my house as long as you like; the longer the better. But, up
to this date, your rent's paid.
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