"
He then turned on the engine and made a terrable noise, to
see if hitting on all cylinders. When he shut it off I told him
about William spending a half hour in the Garage the day before.
Although calm before he now became white with anger and said:
"Just let me catch him sneaking around here, and
I'll--what's he after me for anyhow? I haven't got any Milatary
Secrets."
I then sugested that we work together, as I felt sure
William was after my father's blue prints and so on, which were
in the Dispach Case in the safe at night. He said he was not a
Spy-catcher, but if I caught William at any nonsense I might let
him know, and if he put a padlock on the outside of his door and
mother saw it and raised a fuss, I could stand up for him.
I agreed to do so.
10 P. M. Doctor Connor called this evening, to bring Sis a
pattern for a Surgicle Dressing. They spent to hours in the
Library looking at it. Mother is rather upset, as she thinks a
Doctor makes a poor husband, having to be out at night and never
able to go to Dinners owing to baby cases and so on.
She said this to father, but I heard her and observed:
"Mother, is a doctor then to have no Familey life, and only
to bring into the world other people's children?"
She would usualy have replied to me, but she merely sighed,
as she is not like herself, being worried about father.
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