which totally misrepresented him... He would
not really have gone away with Meta Beggs.

He was a better man than all this would indicate!
Yet -- consider the result; he might as well have
committed a foul crime. But, in the end, it would be
all right. Doctors always predicted the darkest possibilities.

He turned and saw Doctor Pelliter striding up the
slope to where his team was hitched on the public
road. A swift resentment swept over Gordon Makimmon
as he realized that the other had purposely
avoided him. He rose to demand attention, to call;
but, instinctively, he stifled his voice. The doctor
stopped at the road, and saw him. Gordon waved
toward the house, and the other nodded curtly.

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