`` Jennie Dean thought when she married that there was n't anybody like HER husband in the world . And she was right -- there was n't ! And a good thing , too , believe ME ! He led her an awful life -- and he was courting his second wife while Jennie was dying . `` Was n't that like a man ? However , I hope YOUR confidence will be better justified , dearie . The young doctor is taking real well . I was afraid at first he might n't , for folks hereabouts have always thought old Doctor Dave the only doctor in the world . Doctor Dave had n't much tact , to be sure -- he was always talking of ropes in houses where someone had hanged himself . But folks forgot their hurt feelings when they had a pain in their stomachs . If he 'd been a minister instead of a doctor they 'd never have forgiven him . Soul-ache does n't worry folks near as much as stomach-ache . Seeing as we 're both Presbyterians and no Methodists around , will you tell me your candid opinion of OUR minister ? '' `` Why -- really -- I -- well , '' hesitated Anne . Miss Cornelia nodded . `` Exactly . I agree with you , dearie . We made a mistake when we called HIM . His face just looks like one of those long , narrow stones in the graveyard , does n't it ? ` Sacred to the memory ' ought to be written on his forehead .
I shall never forget the XXXXX sermon he preached after he came .
Anne Cornelia Dave Dean Jennie Methodists Presbyterians Soul-ache first stomach-ache