offended him. Bending to the left he came full upon it where it uprose from a secluded patch of

uming, turned upon the step that

d gone into the guardianship of his uncle while in his middle teens. The responsibility had been thrust upon Mr. Marrapit by his sister. Vainly he had writhed and twisted in fretful protest; she shackled h

ter the funeral. It was a simple and trustful will-commended George into the keeping of her brother Christopher Marrapit; desired th

eons and Physicians. "I am entering you," Mr. Marrapit had said, consulting notes he had prepared against the interview-"I am entering you a

man had the knowledge that Youth would lose such veneration for Authority as

it demands unceasing devotion to your books, your studies, your researches. You are no longer a boy:

inch," Georg

ou a small allowance. You will live in my

have heard that one can work far bette

cida

one can work far better by livin

Mr. Marrapit had told hi

nionship of men absorbed in the same work as myself

th them compare your views. Let your notes

d all other desires. The prospect of new and strange books in exchange for those he so completely abhorred, was an alluring delight. It

ur may be necessary to urge you at your tasks. Yet, salutary it is that spur should exist. I arrange, theref

ndingly increased wh

demanding increase upon increase considerably agitated him. Upon the other hand, the sooner these successes were won, the sooner, he reflected, would he

tched compac

, twisted one leg about the other; twined his clammy hands; put the awf

pounds a

first exam. I shall get eleven pound

es; shrilled his voice: "What is

fifty-two pounds a y

uarter is the sum. You will have no needs. It errs

yet firmer knot: "But two fai

. Marrapit told him. "

pursued by George w

y exams, with such a rush that I'll be hooking sixteen quid a q

o unarmed. The task of contriving such weapons is early abandoned. In three months George's hot resolve was cooled; in six it was fo

or advance, had raved about

your callous failures," he had said, "terrifies me. I am haunte

George

ecious moments fly even as you stand here. To your books, sir. In th

n and his Stone to Mr. Schoole of the Charing Cross Road; his microscope he temporarily lodged with Mr. Maughan

sixth year of his studies; and by the third part of his final examination, was alone de