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"
Wanted
for
one
or
more
days
the
services
of
a
medical
man
.
It
is
essential
that
he
should
be
a
man
of
strong
physique
,
of
steady
nerves
,
and
of
a
resolute
nature
.
Must
be
an
entomologist
—
coleopterist
preferred
.
Apply
,
in
person
,
at
77B
,
Brook
Street
.
Application
must
be
made
before
twelve
o
’
clock
today
.
"
Now
,
I
have
already
said
that
I
was
devoted
to
zoology
.
Of
all
branches
of
zoology
,
the
study
of
insects
was
the
most
attractive
to
me
,
and
of
all
insects
beetles
were
the
species
with
which
I
was
most
familiar
.
Butterfly
collectors
are
numerous
,
but
beetles
are
far
more
varied
,
and
more
accessible
in
these
islands
than
are
butterflies
.
It
was
this
fact
which
had
attracted
my
attention
to
them
,
and
I
had
myself
made
a
collection
which
numbered
some
hundred
varieties
.
As
to
the
other
requisites
of
the
advertisement
,
I
knew
that
my
nerves
could
be
depended
upon
,
and
I
had
won
the
weight
-
throwing
competition
at
the
inter
-
hospital
sports
.
Clearly
,
I
was
the
very
man
for
the
vacancy
.
Within
five
minutes
of
my
having
read
the
advertisement
I
was
in
a
cab
and
on
my
was
to
Brook
Street
.
As
I
drove
,
I
kept
turning
the
matter
over
in
my
head
and
trying
to
make
a
guess
as
to
what
sort
of
employment
it
could
be
which
needed
such
curious
qualifications
.
A
strong
physique
,
a
resolute
nature
,
a
medical
training
,
and
a
knowledge
of
beetles
—
what
connection
could
there
be
between
these
various
requisites
?
And
then
there
was
the
disheartening
fact
that
the
situation
was
not
a
permanent
one
,
but
terminable
from
day
to
day
,
according
to
the
terms
of
the
advertisement
.
The
more
I
pondered
over
it
the
more
unintelligible
did
it
become
;
but
at
the
end
of
my
meditations
I
always
came
back
to
the
ground
fact
that
,
come
what
might
,
I
had
nothing
to
lose
,
that
I
was
completely
at
the
end
of
my
resources
,
and
that
I
was
ready
for
any
adventure
,
however
desperate
,
which
would
put
a
few
honest
sovereigns
into
my
pocket
.
The
man
fears
to
fail
who
has
to
pay
for
his
failure
,
but
there
was
no
penalty
which
Fortune
could
exact
from
me
.
I
was
like
the
gambler
with
empty
pockets
,
who
is
still
allowed
to
try
his
luck
with
the
others
.
No
.
77B
,
Brook
Street
,
was
one
of
those
dingy
and
yet
imposing
houses
,
dun
-
coloured
and
flat
-
faced
,
with
the
intensely
respectable
and
solid
air
which
marks
the
Georgian
builder
.
As
I
alighted
from
the
cab
,
a
young
man
came
out
of
the
door
and
walked
swiftly
down
the
street
.
In
passing
me
,
I
noticed
that
he
cast
an
inquisitive
and
somewhat
malevolent
glance
at
me
,
and
I
took
the
incident
as
a
good
omen
,
for
his
appearance
was
that
of
a
rejected
candidate
,
and
if
he
resented
my
application
it
meant
that
the
vacancy
was
not
yet
filled
up
.
Full
of
hope
,
I
ascended
the
broad
steps
and
rapped
with
the
heavy
knocker
.
A
footman
in
powder
and
livery
opened
the
door
.
Clearly
I
was
in
touch
with
the
people
of
wealth
and
fashion
.
"
Yes
,
sir
?
"
said
the
footman
.
"
I
came
in
answer
to
—
—
"
"
Quite
so
,
sir
,
"
said
the
footman
.
"
Lord
Linchmere
will
see
you
at
once
in
the
library
.
"
