⁠—to know that my sheets were not as clean as hers?⁠—young men who had ceased to be young, and had concluded that it was safest to follow the beaten track of the professions⁠—all these generally said that it was not possible to do so much good in my position. Ay! there was the rub. The old and infirm and the timid, of whatever age or sex, thought most of sickness, and sudden accident and death; to them life seemed full of danger⁠—what danger is there if you don’t think of any?⁠—and they thought that a prudent man would carefully select the safest position, where Dr. B. might be on hand at a moment’s warning. To them the village was literally a community