\'Nowitain\'tnouseinlife,MrSowerby,\'Tozerhadsaid.\'Iain\'tgotthepapermyself,nordidn\'tholdit,nottwohours.ItwentawaythroughTomTozer;youknowsthat,MrSowerby,aswellasI
do.\'Now,wheneverTozer,MrSowerby\'sTozer,spokeofTomTozer,MrSowerbyknewthatsevendevilswerebeingevoked,eachworsethanthefirstdevil.MrSowerbydidfeelsomethinglikesincereregard,orratherlove,forthatpoorparsonwhomheinveigledintomischief,andwouldfainsavehim,ifitwerepossible,fromtheTozerfang.MrForrest,oftheBarchesterbank,wouldprobablytakeupthatlastfivehundredpoundbill,onbehalfofMrRobarts,——onlyitwouldbeneedfulthathe,Sowerby,shouldrundownandseethatitwasproperlydone.Astotheotherbill——theformerandlesserone——astothat,MrTozerwouldprobablybequietforawhile.SuchhadbeenSowerby\'sprogrammeforthesetwodays;butnow——whatfurtherpossibilitywastherenowthatheshouldcareforRobarts,oranyotherhumanbeing;hethatwastobesweptawayatonceintothedung-heap?InthisframeofmindhewalkedupSouthAudleyStreet,andcrossedonesideofGrosvenorSquare,andwentalmostmechanicallyintoGreenStreet.AtthefartherendofGreenStreet,neartoParkLane,livedMrandMrsHaroldSmith.
CHAPTERXXVIII
DRTHORNE
WhenMissDunstablemetherfriendstheGreshams——youngFrankGreshamandhiswife——atGatherumCastle,sheimmediatelyaskedafteroneDrThorne,whowasMrsGresham\'suncle.DrThornewasanoldbachelor,inwhombothasamanandadoctorMissDunstablewasinclinedtoplacemuchconfidence.NotthatshehadeverentrustedthecureofherbodilyailmentstoDrThorne——forshekeptadoctorofherown,DrEasyman,forthispurpose——anditmaymoreoverbesaidthatsherarelyhadbodilyailmentsrequiringthecareofanydoctor.ButshealwaysspokeofDrThorneamongherfriendsasamanofwonderfuleruditionandjudgement;andhadonceortwiceaskedandactedonhisadviceinmattersofmuchmoment.DrThornewasnotamanaccustomedtotheLondonworld;hekeptnohousethere,andseldomevenvisitedthemetropolis;butMissDunstablehadknownhimatGreshamsbury,wherehelived,andtherehadforsomemonthspastgrownupaconsiderableintimacybetweenthem.Hewasnowstayingatthehouseofhisniece,MrsGresham;butthechiefreasonofhiscominguphadbeenadesireexpressedbyMissDunstable,thatheshoulddoso.Shehadwishedforhisadvice;