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So diversion from the medical grind was not wanting . And once in June , the doctor lunched with Mr. Dayne at Berringer 's , and twice he was dragged off to supper at the Cooneys ' and enjoyed himself very much , and once he took Sunday dinner with his aunt , Mrs. Mason , and his little Mason cousins : only that time he was called away from the table before dessert , and got back to South Street just a minute before Mrs. Meeghan died ... . The Garlands rarely saw their boarder now except at mealtimes , and by no means always then . Kern , for her part , was off to the Works at quarter to seven each morning , and had stopped coming home for dinner since the heat got so bad . However , the women observed him , and talked him over of nights as they washed the dishes in the new detached kitchen . For the Garland _ ménage _ boasted this moderate convenience now , directly attributable to the remarkable growth of Receipts -LRB- voluntary -RRB- which had reached $ 21.75 by the book for the single month of June . It was agreed that Mr. V.V. was not so jokey at the supper-table as formerly , and looked po ` ly , in fine , and no wonder , the heat and all , and the way he let Hazens and Epsteins roust him out of bed in the middle of his sleep .