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Pasteboard box. "Here are some one-grain quinine capsules," she said.
"They have no taste, and I am quite sure that if you get into a low
country it would be a good thing for you to take at least one of them
every morning. People may have given you all sorts of things for your
journey, but I do not believe any one has given you this." And she
handed me the box over the top of the gate. I did not say that her
practical little present was the only thing that anybody had given me,
but I thanked her very heartily, and assured her that I would take one
every time I thought I needed it. Then, as it seemed proper to do so, I
straightened up my bicycle as if I would mount it. Again her fingers
clutched the top of the two palings. "When father comes home," she said,
"he will be sorry to find that he had not a chance to bid you good-bye.
And, by-the-way," she added, quickly, "you know there will be one more
meeting of the society. Did you write out any minutes for the last
evening, and would you like me to read them for you?" "Upon my word!" I
exclaimed. "I have forgotten all about it. I made some rough notes, but
I have written nothing." "Well, it doesn't matter in the least," said
she, quickly. "I remember everything that happened, and I will write the
minutes and read them for you; that is, if you want me to." I assured
her that nothing would please me better, and we talked a little about
the minutes, after which I thought I ought not to keep her standing at
the gate any longer. So I took leave of her, and we shook hands over the
gate. This was the first time I had ever shaken hands with the doctor's
daughter, for she was a reserved girl, and hitherto I had merely bowed
to her. As I sped away down the street and out into the open country my
heart was a good deal lighter than it had been when I began my journey.
It was certainly pleasant to leave that village, which had been my home
for the greater part of a year, without the feeling that there was no
one in it who cared for me, even to the ex