It was at once laboratory, study, and dwelling-room.

Two large cabinets, something the worse for transportation, alone formed a link between this abode and the old home at Twybridge.

Books were not numerous, and a good microscope seemed to be the only scientific instrument of much importance.

On door-pegs hung a knapsack, a botanist's vasculum, and a geologist's wallet.
A round table was spread with the materials of supper, and here again an experienced lodger must have bestowed contemplative scrutiny, for no hand of common landlady declared itself in the arrangement.

The cloth was spotless, the utensils tasteful and carefully disposed.