The whole family came pouring out to meet her, and the Colonel made
warm acknowledgments of the farmer's kindness, speaking of him when
he was gone as one of the most estimable men in the neighbourhood,
staunch in his politics, and very ill-used by old Barnes of
Belforest.
Caroline looked anxiously for Bobus; and Janet, who had stayed at
home to finish some papers for her essay society, said that he had
only hurried in to tell her and take off his stilts, and had then
gone down to Dr. Leslie's.
"Then has Dr. Leslie gone? We did not meet him, but he may have gone
through Belforest," exclaimed Caroline.
"O no, he has not gone; he would not when he heard about that Higg,"
said Janet, with uneasy and much disgusted face. "He couldn't do any
good after his meddling."
"Do you mean that he said so?" asked Carey, much alarmed.
"Never mind," said the Colonel, "you did quite right, Caroline,
whatever the doctor says. Any man of sense, with good strong hands,
can manage a shoulder like that, and I should have thought Leslie had
sense to see it; but those professional men can't stand outsiders."
"Where is Bobus?" asked Caroline; "I should like to distinguish
between what Dr. Leslie said to him and what he told Janet. He might
be more zealous for Dr.
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