Queer patients . ll.Bon Marché au prix aussi. Regardez ce qui s'est passé ! Pas de smith plus près de votre villageois que trois miles, mauvaise route, cheval jette une corneille avant qu'elle ne rentre à la maison, va mort boiteux, a posé pendant trois semaines, et ainsi de suite, et puis vous m'avez un shilling et fourpence, le parréparer sur. La mesanse de certains peopleis passé avec! Vous me comprenez très mal, Monsieur Hé, Irépondit. Je ne souhaite ni contester, ni contester, ni le prix. En fait, je pense que le service rendu était ridiculement peu. Je pense que cela aurait dû être au moins un shilling et sixpenence, et, avec vous

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Queer patients . ll.Cheap at the price too. Look what wouldhave happened! No smith nearer your villagethan three miles, bad road, horse casts a shoebefore it gets home, goes dead lame, laid upfor three weeks, and so on, and then yougrudge me one shilling and fourpence, forfixing it on. The meanness of some peopleis past putting up with! You quite misunderstand me, Mr Hey, Ireplied. I neither wish to dispute, theoccasion nor the price. In fact, I think thatit was ridiculously little for the service rendered.I think myself that it should have been atleast one shilling and sixpence, and, with yourpermission, I shall pay you that amount now, if you will be kind enough to receipt the bill.I counted out one shilling, a threepenny piece, two coppers and a couple of half-pennies, andsolemnly passed them to Harpur Hey^. Esq., millionaire. He signed his bill, gave it me 36 QUEER PATIENTS back, counted my coins twice, and put themin his pocket. My only regret was that I had not thirty-six half-pennies to offer him.. COUNTED MY COINS TWICE. This little ceremony over, I rose to takemy departure, and as I did so, he rang thebell. The butler appeared. THE MILLIONAIRE 37 Be so good, Jonson, said Mr Hey, asto place a brace of pheasants in the doctorstrap, and just put in a bunch of grapes forMrs Oston. With these, he sent me away, and this isthe curious thing. This old man would spendno end of time and mental energy in knockinga sixpence off a bill which he had to pay, orwould be delighted to accept the extra two-pence from someone who had to pay him, andhaving gained his point, which was not worthgaining, would proceed to extend to one ahospitality or generosity which, valued financi-ally, was out of all proportion to the gain hehad made. I suppose that to rear that brace of pheasants, and to grow the bunch of grapes which accom-panied them, would cost Mr Harpur Hey atleast one pound; but he had the delight ofdoing the doctor out of sixpence to compensatefor it. One last incident to sh

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