"
During those months Priscilla learned to know Helen Travers through
Travers's letters. Woman-like, she read between the lines and caught a
glimpse of Helen's nobility and simple sweetness. Her loved ones were so
sacred to her that no personal demands could ever cause her to raise
objections. Once she was sure that they she worshipped wanted anything
for their true happiness, her energies were bent to that end.
"And she will love you, my girl; will learn to depend upon you as I do.
As for Doctor Ledyard, when he is cornered, he is the best soul that ever
drew breath, and mother can bully him into anything."
It was in February that Priscilla was called up by Doctor Hapgood, a man
of high repute.
"Are you on duty?"
"No, sir."
"Any immediate engagement?"
"None until March."
"I would like to have you take a case of mine that requires tact as well
as efficiency. Can you take it?"
"Yes, sir."
"Report then at 60 West Eighty-first Street this afternoon, at four."
Priscilla found herself promptly at four o'clock in the waiting-room of a
palatial bachelor apartment, and there Doctor Hapgood joined her.
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