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has told. He has a horribly gruff way of speaking & when he is annoyed you might as well try to explain something to a volcano as to him. Last night three of us were ten minutes late in getting back to this house from the small club house where we had spent the evening. The doors were all locked & when Dr. S. came & let us in he was rabid. I explained that we had gotten behind because we had delayed to finish an "up-Jenkins" rubber. I was sorry after-

wards that I had said anything because he was so cross & disagreeable as anyone could be & stalked off without even saying good night. I did [[strikethrough]] see [[/strikethrough]] explain chiefly because the other lady was a new patient & isn't as yet used to the desperate strictures of the ten-o'clock rule & I knew the man wouldn't open his lips. I like the place up here very much & I really am very much better, but I wish some one else were at the head of the establishment, who was at least a gentleman. Fortunately, he is not my physician, & only if I am ill do I have