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All of which Bertie carefully hid in his heart , but his object in so doing was not to attain the scriptural sequence -- `` that he sin not with his mouth , '' It was that he might rehearse it accurately to Mrs. Crocks ! The doctor had forgotten all about the committee who were going to wait on him that evening to receive his decision regarding the coming election . His mind had been too full of his own affairs . But promptly at eight o'clock , his office bell rang , and the gentlemen came in . It seemed years to the doctor since he had seen them . Life had so changed for him in the interval . The committee had come back with greater enthusiasm than ever .