We should still feel only
gratitude to you."
"I have no thought of leaving."
"Remember, you think now that you have come that it is only a handful of
people that you can benefit, and they will not comprehend the sacrifice
that you have made, or be very grateful."
"Yes, I think that," replied Caius, admitting her insight. "At the same
time, I will remain."
She sighed, and her sigh was explained by her next words:
"Yet you do not remain for love of the work or the people."
Caius felt that his steady assertion that he would remain had perhaps
appeared to vaunt a heroism that was not true. He supposed that she had
seen his selfishness of motive, and that it was her time now to let him
see that she had not much admiration for him, so that he might make his
choice without bias.
"It is true that I do not love the people, but I will pass the winter
here."
If the lady had had the hard thought of him that he attributed to her,
there was no further sign of it, for she thanked him now with a
gratitude so great that silent tears trembled in her eyes.
CHAPTER XI.
THE LADY'S HUSBAND.
It was impossible but that Caius should take a keen interest in his
medical work. It was the first time that he had stood alone to fight
disease, and the weight of the responsibility added zest to his care of
each particular case. It was, however, natural to him to be more
interested in the general weal than in the individual, more interested
in a theoretical problem than in its practical working.
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