For three months Frank passed a quiet and not unpleasant life with the old naturalist in Ratcliff Highway.

The latter took a great liking to him, and treated him like a son rather than an assistant.

The two took their meals together now, and Frank's salary had been raised from twelve to eighteen shillings a week.

So attractive had the cases in the windows proved that quite a little crowd was generally collected round them, and the business had greatly augmented.

The old naturalist was less pleased at this change than most men would have been in his position.