'It's very gratifying, isn't it?' said Mr. Ben Allen,holding his plate for some more minced veal.
'Oh, very,' replied Bob; 'only not quite so much so as the confidence of patients with a shilling or two to spare would be. This business was capitally described in the advertisement, Ben. It is a practice, a very extensive practice—and that's all.'
'Bob,' said Mr. Ben Allen, laying down his knife and fork, and fixing his eyes on the visage of his friend,'Bob, I'll tell you what it is.'