“Good. Perhaps they can teach me something.”
The old face was feebly lifted a bit from the pillow, and the dark eyes grew suddenly sharp in their scrutiny.
“Who be ye, anyhow? What aire ye here fer? Sech as you knows a heap a’ready ‘thout makin’ out to larn o’ we-uns.”
David saw his mistake and hastened to allay the suspicion which gleamed out at him almost malignantly.
“I am just what I said, a doctor like Adam Hoyle, only that I don’t know as much as he — not yet. The wisest man in the world can learn more if he watches out to do so. Your herb doctors might be able to teach me a good many things.”
“I ‘spect ye’re