Uncle Benjamin made a queer sound. Cousin Stickles took her black-bordered handkerchief away from her eyes and stared at Valancy. A queer gleam suddenly shot into Mrs. Frederick's stone-grey orbs.
"Dr. Redfern—not the Purple Pill man?" she said.
Valancy nodded. "He's John Foster, too—the writer of those nature books."
The Blue Castle
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
