The sudden and surprising exit of Burrill caused, for a moment, a stay of proceedings, and left the group, so rapidly gathered in Nance Burrill’s kitchen, standing en tableaux, for a full minute.
en tableauxDr. Heath was the first to recover from his surprise, and as he took in the absurdity of the scene, he uttered a low laugh, and turned once more toward the woman, Nance, who seemed to have lost herself in a prolonged stare.
“Your persecutor does not like my looks, apparently,” he said, at the same time taking from his pocket a small medicine case. “Or was it some of these good friends that put him to flight?” And he glanced at the group gathered near the door.
A woman with a child in her arms, and her husband with two more in charge, at her heels; a family group to the rescue; two or
