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Dr. King watching the childlike droop of Helena 's lip , admitted reluctantly that she had changed . `` Depressed , '' he told himself . So he did his best to cheer her with Old Chester 's harmless gossip ; and one day -- it was in September -- she did show a quick and even anxious interest . `` Sam Wright 's Sam has come back , '' the doctor said , `` the young man arrived on the noon stage . I wonder what monkey-shines he 'll be up to next ! '' '' _ Oh ! _ '' she said , and he saw her hands clasp in her lap ; `` I wonder if his grandfather knows ? ''