`` Good heavens , man , she climbed in at an upstairs window , despite the presence on my grounds of a policeman and a dog ! What is to be done with a woman like that ? '' `` I do not understand what all this means , '' I said addressing myself to the doctor and ignoring Alexander Abraham entirely , `` but if my presence here is so extremely inconvenient to all concerned , you can soon be relieved of it . I am going at once . '' `` I am very sorry , my dear Peter , '' said the doctor impressively , `` but that is just what I can not allow you to do . This house is under quarantine for smallpox . You will have to stay here . '' Smallpox ! For the first and last time in my life , I openly lost my temper with a man . I wheeled furiously upon Alexander Abraham . `` Why did n't you tell me ? '' I cried . `` Tell you ! '' he said , glaring at me . `` When I first saw you it was too late to tell you . I thought the kindest thing I could do was to hold my tongue and let you get away in happy ignorance . This will teach you to take a man 's house by storm , madam ! '' `` Now , now , do n't quarrel , my good people , '' interposed the doctor seriously -- but I saw a twinkle in his eye . `` You 'll have to spend some time together under the same roof and you wo n't improve the situation by disagreeing . You see , Peter , it was this way .
Mr. Bennett was in town yesterday -- where , as you are aware , there is a bad outbreak of smallpox -- and took dinner in a boarding-house where one XXXXX the maids was ill .
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