mbers lunched early; visiting surgeons and p

led to the D

e the table; opposite sat the Dean. He looked up as

he said; "I sha

cords of the Medical School"-he waved at a shelf of fat volumes-"in the whole records of the Medica

repeated, "Twice! Other hospitals, Mr. Carter, may have room for slackers-we have not. We have

sper said,

this is worse than I thought-far worse. I am afraid

Mr. Carter gasped: "I m

gain was unsuccessful. Deep thought ravelled his brow. His fingers drummed indecision on the table. It wa

your father. But remember this. At the very outset of your career you have strained to breaking-point the confidence of your teachers. Only by stupendous efforts on your p

beneath this appalling prospect the dogged