Doctor Grimshawe's Secret - Chapter 6

In which a gentle and delicate stranger, recently rescued and tended by the fierce and rugged Doctor Grimshawe, enters a strange household and begins to engage with the children through a quiet and mild manner of instruction. The contrast between the stranger’s ethereal refinement and the Doctor’s coarse vitality draws a contemplative observation on the nature of strength, gentleness, and the enduring qualities of an old New-England lineage.