Tales of Terror and Mystery

The Black Doctor

           InpersonMissMortonwastallandstately,andshewasfamousforherquick,impetuousnatureandforherstrengthofcharacter.ShemetDr.Lanaatagarden-party,andafriendship,whichquicklyripenedintolove,sprangupbetweenthem.Nothingcouldexceedtheirdevotiontoeachother.Therewassomediscrepancyinage,hebeingthirty-seven,andshetwenty-four;but,saveinthatonerespect,therewasnopossibleobjectiontobefoundwiththematch.TheengagementwasinFebruary,anditwasarrangedthatthemarriageshouldtakeplaceinAugust.

           Uponthe3rdofJuneDr.Lanareceivedaletterfromabroad.Inasmallvillagethepostmasterisalsoinapositiontobethegossip-master,andMr.Bankley,ofBishop’sCrossing,hadmanyofthesecretsofhisneighboursinhispossession.Ofthisparticularletterheremarkedonlythatitwasinacuriousenvelope,thatitwasinaman’shandwriting,thatthepostscriptwasBuenosAyres,andthestampoftheArgentineRepublic.ItwasthefirstletterwhichhehadeverknownDr.Lanatohavefromabroadandthiswasthereasonwhyhisattentionwasparticularlycalledtoitbeforehehandedittothelocalpostman.Itwasdeliveredbytheeveningdeliveryofthatdate.

           Nextmorning—thatis,uponthe4thofJune—Dr.LanacalleduponMissMorton,andalonginterviewfollowed,fromwhichhewasobservedtoreturninastateofgreatagitation.MissMortonremainedinherroomallthatday,andhermaidfoundherseveraltimesintears.Inthecourseofaweekitwasanopensecrettothewholevillagethattheengagementwasatanend,thatDr.

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