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`` Run along after him , then , '' she said . `` I want you and Hope to see that his visit is a good one . Hope took your things into the back room , Teddy , so you 'll find everything ready for you at bedtime . '' To Theodora 's eager young mind , it seemed that the evening was the shortest she had ever spent , and , when ten o'clock struck , she was still sitting perched on the arm of Hope 's chair , while she listened to Archie 's stirring tales of life in camp and field , in mountain and cañon and desert . Then there was an interruption , for the bell rang and a voice was heard asking for the doctor . Archie rose . `` Another patient , doctor ?