Outwitting Himself A celebrated physician once attended the child of a 1 wealthy French lady, who was so grateful for the recovery 2 of her boy that she determined to give a larger fee than usual 3 for his attendance. As he was taking leave on his final visit, 4 the grateful mother handed to the doctor a handsome 5 pocket-book, which she said she had worked with her own 6 hands. The doctor bowed stiffly, and said, 'Madam, the 7 pocket-book is quite a work of art, and I admire it 8 exceedingly, but my fee is two thousand francs.' 9 'Not more?' she replied; and taking the pocket-book 10 back, she removed from it five one-thousand franc-notes, 11 and handed two of them to the doctor, bowing stiffly in her 12 turn, and, replacing the other three notes in the rejected 13 pocket-book, she retired. 14 Outwitting Himself By: J. Erskine Clarke Checking for Understanding
Outwitting Himself 1 A celebrated physician once attended the child of a 2 wealthy French lady, who was so grateful for the recovery 3 of her boy that she determined to give a larger fee than usual 4 for his attendance. As he was taking leave on his final visit, 5 the grateful mother handed to the doctor a handsome 6 pocket-book, which she said she had worked with her own 7 hands. The doctor bowed stiffly, and said, 'Madam, the 8 pocket-book is quite a work of art, and I admire it 9 exceedingly, but my fee is two thousand francs.' 10 'Not more?' she replied; and taking the pocket-book 11 back, she removed from it five one-thousand franc-notes, 12 and handed two of them to the doctor, bowing stiffly in her 13 turn, and, replacing the other three notes in the rejected 14 pocket-book, she retired. Outwitting Himself By: J. Erskine Clarke Checking for Understanding
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