The unknown physician must begin by attending the poor who cannot pay him.

Sometimes too the patient is ungrateful.

He is profuse in promises whilst in danger; but, when cured, he scorns the doctor, and forgets to pay him his fee.
After seven years of heroic perseverance, Herve has secured at last a circle of patients who pay him.

During this he lived and paid the exorbitant interest of his debt, but he is getting on.

Three or four pamphlets, and a prize won without much intrigue, have attracted public attention to him.