And this mortified him and hurt his feelings.

"It's both," he said resolutely: "I don't see that it was possible..." "What! was it impossible, if the money were properly laid out, to provide medical aid?" "Impossible, as it seems to me....

For the three thousand square miles of our district, what with our thaws, and the storms, and the work in the fields, I don't see how it is possible to provide medical aid all over.