44/46 But this is a case of paralysis of the brain. I fear it is incompatible with professorial work." "Then, I suppose," said Mr.Furlong senior, "we shall have to think of the question of a successor." They had both _been_ thinking of it for at least three minutes. "We must," said the president. "For the moment I feel too stunned by the sad news to act. I have merely telegraphed to two or three leading colleges for a _locum tenens_ and sent out a few advertisements announcing the chair as vacant. |