He changed the subject. Of course, he told himself, he was glad to be spared the need to refuse an invitatOfl that he certainlY did not want-and would not have relished at any age, his tastes being what they were. Of course, you've been there and I haven't-but I've been talking steadily with Mike. To be sure, the patient's next of kin cannot be kept out by this device-but the Man from Mars seems to have no next of kin.
But he finally realized that the Man from Mars couldn't be a rival- he was simply Jill's patient. ' I He spent an hour assuring the Lambtons of how fine a man this missionary was. Whereupon people would come barging into his sanctuary, asking stupid questions and making stupid demands . The three women returned at once, not noticeably mussed.
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