Instead he turned aside bythe second stile and came round to the Caddles' cottage. "Where's thatbaby?" he demanded, and at the sight of it, "Goodness me!"He went up the village blessing his heart, and met the doctor full tiltcoming down. He grasped his arm. "What does this _mean_?" he said. "Haveyou seen the paper these last few days?"The doctor said he had.
...There was a rush in the crowd towards doorways and side streets, anenquiring pause, the darting back of a number of individuals into theroadway... read more