MR. ROLFE reached Bellevue House in time to make a hasty toilet, and dine with Dr. Suaby in his private apartments.
The other guests were Sir Charles Bassett, Mr. Hyam--a meek, sorrowful patient--an Exquisite, and Miss Wieland.
Dr. Suaby introduced him to everybody but the Exquisite.
Mr. Rolfe said Sir Charles Bassett and he were correspondents.
"So I hear. He tells you the secrets of the prison-house, eh?"
"The humors of the place, you mean."
"Yes, he has a good eye for character. I suppose he has dissected me along with the rest?"
"No, no; he has only dealt with the minor eccentricities. His pen failed at you. 'You must come and see the doctor,' he said. So here I am."
"Oh," said the doctor, "if your wit and his are both to be leveled at me, I had better stop your mouths. Dinner!
