And the practice you get on board these ships cannot amount to much." "You are quite right," I said, frankly, for my conscience was touched.

"I am, as you say, living too much for the present.

I know less than I knew when I left Guy's.

I could not pass my 'final' over again to save my life.
You are quite right: I must turn over a new leaf." "I am glad to hear you say so, the more especially as I have a proposal to make; and as I make it quite as much in my own interest as in yours, you will incur no obligation in accepting it.

I want you to become an inmate of my house, help me in my laboratory, and act as my secretary and domestic physician, and when I am away from home, as my representative.
You will have free quarters, of course; my stable will be at your disposal for hunting purposes, and you may go sometimes to London to attend lectures and do practical work at your hospital.