Tales of Terror and Mystery

The Black Doctor

           JamesLowry,thesecondsonofLordBelton,wasthemeansofintroducinghimtocountysociety,wherehebecameafavouritethroughthecharmofhisconversationandtheeleganceofhismanners.Anabsenceofantecedentsandofrelativesissometimesanaidratherthananimpedimenttosocialadvancement,andthedistinguishedindividualityofthehandsomedoctorwasitsownrecommendation.

           Hispatientshadonefault—andonefaultonly—tofindwithhim.Heappearedtobeaconfirmedbachelor.Thiswasthemoreremarkablesincethehousewhichheoccupiedwasalargeone,anditwasknownthathissuccessinpracticehadenabledhimtosaveconsiderablesums.Atfirstthelocalmatchmakerswerecontinuallycouplinghisnamewithoneorotheroftheeligibleladies,butasyearspassedandDr.Lanaremainedunmarried,itcametobegenerallyunderstoodthatforsomereasonhemustremainabachelor.Someevenwentsofarastoassertthathewasalreadymarried,andthatitwasinordertoescapetheconsequenceofanearlymisalliancethathehadburiedhimselfatBishop’sCrossing.And,then,justasthematchmakershadfinallygivenhimupindespair,hisengagementwassuddenlyannouncedtoMissFrancesMorton,ofLeighHall.

           MissMortonwasayoungladywhowaswellknownuponthecountry-side,herfather,JamesHaldaneMorton,havingbeentheSquireofBishop’sCrossing.Bothherparentswere,however,dead,andshelivedwithheronlybrother,ArthurMorton,whohadinheritedthefamilyestate.

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