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Doctor's Family, by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
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Title: The Doctor's Family
Author: Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Release Date: September 2, 2009 [EBook #29890]
Language: English
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Chronicles of Carlingford
THE DOCTOR'S FAMILY
BY
MRS OLIPHANT
NEW EDITION WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON
CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD.
CHAPTER I.
Young Dr Rider lived in the new quarter of Carlingford: had he aimed at a reputation in society, he could not possibly have done a more foolish thing; but such was not his leading motive. The young man, being but young, aimed at a practice. He was not particular in the mean time as to the streets in which his patients dwelt. A new house, gazing with all its windows over a brick-field, was as interesting to the young surgeon as if it had been one of those exclusive houses in Grange Lane, where the aristocracy of Carlingford lived retired within their garden walls. His own establishment, though sufficiently comfortable, was of