More from the way she said it than from what she said I gained the
impression that something was going on which should be looked into.
"Then you perhaps think that Prescott and Mrs. Martin are in some
way connected in this case?" I hazarded.
I had scarcely framed the question before he replied in an emphatic
negative. "On the contrary, it seems to me that if they know each
other at all it is with hostility. With the exception of the first
stroke of blindness" here he lowered his voice earnestly "practically
every misfortune that has overtaken Mr. Haswell has been since the
advent of this new Dr. Scott. Mind, I do not wish even to breathe
that Mrs. Martin has done anything except what a daughter should do.
I think she has shown herself a model of forgiveness and devotion.
Nevertheless the turn of events under the new treatment has been so
strange that almost it makes one believe that there might be
something occult about it - or wrong with the new doctor."
"Would it be possible, do you think, for us to see Mr. Haswell?"
asked Kennedy, when Dr. Burnham had come to a full stop after
pouring forth his suspicions. "I should like to see this Dr. Scott.
But first I should like to get into the old house without exciting
hostility.
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