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And it was a good splint , '' said Dr. Lavendar . Alas ! how little he could find to say of the young creature who was a stranger to them all ! Dr. Lavendar stayed with them until noon . He had been summoned just as he was sitting down to breakfast , and he had gone instantly , leaving Mary wringing her hands at the double distress of a dreadful calamity and Dr. Lavendar 's going without his breakfast . When he saw William King he asked no questions , except : `` Who will tell his grandfather ? '' But of course there was only one person to tell Mr. Benjamin Wright , and Dr. Lavendar knew it .