"And she will love you, my girl; will learn to depend upon you as I do.
As for Doctor Ledyard, when he is cornered, he is the best soul that ever
drew breath, and mother can bully him into anything."

It was in February that Priscilla was called up by Doctor Hapgood, a man
of high repute.

"Are you on duty?"

"No, sir."

"Any immediate engagement?"

"None until March."

"I would like to have you take a case of mine that requires tact as well
as efficiency. Can you take it?"

"Yes, sir."

"Report then at 60 West Eighty-first Street this afternoon, at four."

Priscilla found herself promptly at four o'clock in the waiting-room of a
palatial bachelor apartment, and there Doctor Hapgood joined her.

"Before we go upstairs," he said, drawing his chair close to Priscilla's
and lowering his voice, "I wish to say to you what, doubtless, there is
no real need of saying. I simply emphasize the necessity. The young man
who requires your services is Clyde Huntter. This means nothing to you,
but it does to many others. He is supposed to be in--Bermuda. You