It is invariably MISS Somebody-or-other. No man can
recall the Christian name of his first love for the very good reason
that he never knew it. The universal lady is always MISS So-and-so.
Even the most ardent of twelve-year-olds never forgets that his
heart's desire is a lady whose years demand the most respectful
consideration. Dr. Fiddler, having loved and lost, should have
appreciated the tender passion that took away Frederick's appetite and
made of him a melancholy sufferer. What Frederick needed was the moral
support of a physician who would recommend and supply a quick and
deadly poison with which Mr. Richard Flanders could be permanently
squashed.
Melissa was his only friend and comforter. The children, and the
servants who were not too busily engaged with their own affairs,
openly scoffed at the love-sick young gentleman. Wilberforce sustained
a bloody nose in retaliation and Watson, being a special offender, met
with a painful and unaccountable accident one day while passing
between the kitchen and the milk-house.
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