"Albyn fiddlestick!" said the polished doctor. "No! they live
by the water-side; used to; but now they have left the town, I hear. He
is a sea-captain and a fine lad, and Mrs. Dodd is just the best-bred
woman I ever prescribed for, except Mrs. Sampson."
"It _is_ the Dodds of Albion Villa," said Miss Hardie. "They have two
children: a son; his name is Edward; and a daughter, Julia; she is rather
good-looking; a Gentleman's Beauty."
Alfred stared at his sister. Was she blind? with her "rather
good-looking."
Sampson was quite pleased at the information. "N' listen me! I saved that
girl's life when she was a year old."
"Then she is ill now, doctor," said Alfred hastily. "Do go and see her!
Hum! The fact is, her brother is a great favourite of mine." He then told
him how to find Albion Villa. "Jenny, dear," said he, when Sampson was
gone, "you never told me you knew her."
"Knew who, dear?"
"Whom? Why Dodd's sister."
"Oh, she is a new acquaintance, and not one to interest you. We only meet
in the Lord; I do not visit Albion Villa; her mother is an amiable
worldling.
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