Of course--" He was interrupted by Miss Trelawny: "Doctor Winchester, do you, too, wish to give up the case; or are you willing to continue it under the conditions you know ?" "Give it up! Less now than ever.

Miss Trelawny, I shall never give it up, so long as life is left to him or any of us!" She said nothing, but held out her hand, which he took warmly.
"Now," said she, "if Sir James Frere is a type of the cult of Specialists, I want no more of them.

To start with, he does not seem to know any more than you do about my Father's condition; and if he were a hundredth part as much interested in it as you are, he would not stand on such punctilio.

Of course, I am only too anxious about my poor Father; and if I can see a way to meet either of Sir James Frere's conditions, I shall do so.

I shall ask Mr.Marvin to come here today, and advise me as to the limit of Father's wishes.