Saturday evening before, about ten o'clock
I got him away finally , by sending him to fix up the car as a sort of ambulance , in case the doctor would allow the sick girl to be moved . He sent Gertrude down to the lodge loaded with all manner of impossible things , including an armful of Turkish towels and a box of mustard plasters , and as the two girls had known each other somewhat before , Louise brightened perceptibly when she saw her . When the doctor from Englewood -- the Casanova doctor , Doctor Walker , being away -- had started for Sunnyside , and I had got Thomas to stop trying to explain what he did not understand himself , I had a long talk with the old man , and this is what I learned . On Saturday evening before , about ten o'clock , he had been reading in the sitting-room down-stairs , when some one rapped at the door . The old man was alone , Warner not having arrived , and at first he was uncertain about opening the door . He did so finally , and was amazed at being confronted by Louise Armstrong . Thomas was an old family servant , having been with the present Mrs. Armstrong since she was a child , and he was overwhelmed at seeing Louise .