"Who is that handsome young man ?" the friend asked as they drove away.
"He is the only son of a relative of mine, dead many years since," Sir Richard replied.

"Don't forget that you have seen him." "May I ask why ?" "He has not yet reached the prime of life; and he is on the way--already far on the way--to be one of the foremost men of his time.

With a private fortune, he has worked as few surgeons work who have their bread to get by their profession.

The money comes from his late father.

His mother has married again.