The doctor paused. The gulp before that hateful word was not lost on him. He tried professional severity, and bestowed some care on the buttoning of a glove. "I am surprised," he said, "that an excellent woman like your mother should encourage your feelings of--er--repugnance toward--er----Confound it, boy, have you no relatives or friends?"…
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