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`` But Dale , here -- '' `` If he will be so kind , '' put in the captain , `` we might cheer the evening with a game at whist , -- double dummy . '' Now , poor Mr. Dale had set his heart on dining with an old college friend , and having no stupid , prosy double dummy , in which one can not have the pleasure of scolding one 's partner , but a regular orthodox rubber , with the pleasing prospect of scolding all the three other performers . But as his quiet life forbade him to be a hero in great things , the parson had made up his mind to be a hero in small ones . Therefore , though with rather a rueful face , he accepted the captain 's invitation , and promised to return at six o'clock to dine . Meanwhile he must hurry off to the other end of the town , and excuse himself from the pre-engagement he had already formed . He now gave his card , with the address of a quiet family hotel thereon , to Leonard , and not looking quite so charmed with Dr. Morgan as he was before that unwelcome prescription , he took his leave . The squire too , having to see a new churn , and execute various commissions for his Harry , went his way -LRB- not , however , till Dr. Morgan had assured him that , in a few weeks , the captain might safely remove to Hazeldean -RRB- ; and Leonard was about to follow , when Morgan hooked his arm in his old / protege / , and said , `` But I must have some talk with you ; and you have to tell me all about the little orphan girl . ''