"It's mighty little I know, Madame, but I'll go. Wait till I get my
flask," said the lawyer, going after his knapsack in the sitting room.
Returning, he handed it to the hostess with the request that she would
fill it with the best, and add any remedy she had in the house. Soon she
came out of the railed-off bar with a filled flask and a bottle of St.
Jacob's Oil. Pocketing them both, the lawyer said, "Come on, Tommy,"
and, with his guide, set out for Widow Toner's.
CHAPTER VII.
Ben's Sudden Sickness--The Spurious Priest--Coristine as
Doctor--Saved by the Detective--Anxiety at the Maple--A Pleasant
Evening--Sunday Morning and Ben--The Lawyer Rides--Nash and the
Dominie Talk Theology on the Road--At the Talfourds--Miss Du
Plessis the Real--The False Meets Mr. Rawdon--Mr. Terry and
Wilkinson at the Kirk.
"What is the matter with Ben?" asked Coristine, as they single-filed
along the narrow path by the river.
"He's tumbled down over some grindstones, and hurt himself, and fainted
right away," replied the youthful Tommy, pulling up handfuls of tall
grass and breaking an occasional twig from a bush as he stumbled along.
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