, if she pleases; but not necessarily her mother."

"Yes; her mother too, as I dare say you will see."

"You will allow Mrs Enderby to choose her own medical attendant, I
presume?"

"Oh, yes: and I have no doubt she will choose me. Mrs Rowland says
so."

"Here comes a gentleman with whom I want to speak," said Philip, seeing
Mr Grey approaching from a distance. "He is as warm a friend and
admirer of Mr Hope as I am; and--"

"Mr Hope married into his family,--did not he?"

"Yes; but Mr Grey and Mr Hope were friends long before either of them
was acquainted with Mrs Hope. The friendship between the gentlemen was
more likely to have caused the marriage than the marriage the
friendship."

"Ah! that does happen sometimes, I know."

"What I was going to say is this, Mr Walcot, that Mr Hope's friends
have determined to see justice done him; and that if, in the prosecution
of this design, you should imagine that you are remarkably coolly
treated,--by myself, for instance,--you must remember that I fairly
warned you from the beginning that I shall give no countenance to any
one who comes knowingly to establish himself on the ruins of a traduced
man's reputation. You will remember this, Mr Walcot."

"Oh, certainly. I am sure I shall expect nothing from anybody; for
nobody here knows me. It is only through Mrs Rowland's kindness that I
have any prospect here at all."

"I will just give you one more warning, as you seem a very young man.
The Deerbrook people are apt to be extremely angry when they are angry
at all. What would you think of it, if they should break your windows,
as they broke Mr Hope's last night, when they find that you have been
thriving upon his practice, while they were under a mistake concerning
him which you were fully informed of?"

"I do not think I should mind it. I might get over it, you know, as Mr
Hope would then have done. Or I might go away, after all, if I pleased.
But you want to speak to that gentleman; so I will wish you good
morning."

"You will represent to your parents all I have said? Then, pray, do not
omit the last,--about what dreadful people the Deerbrook people are when
they are angry; and how likely it is that they may be very angry with
you some day. I advise you by all means to mention this."

"Yes, certainly; thank you. I shall write this afternoon."

"I wish Mrs Rowland joy of her fledgling," said Enderby, as he joined
Mr Grey.

"I was just thinking, as