ABSTRACT
SUCH was the state of affairs in the bedroom of Sir Matthew Dow¬ ling, when Dr. Crockley entered it. Were all the words which Mrs, Gabberly then uttered in explanation of what she had done, why she had done it, and how her doings had answered, to be written down here, my waning pages would hardly suffice to contain them. Dr. Crockley nodded, winked, approved, and applauded a great deal, joked a little, and finally felt the patient’s pulse, observing at the same time that it was necessary at any rate to bring him round sufficiently to get a little talk on business out of him, before he popped off for good and all.
