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"
I
’
ve
done
pretty
well
,
"
he
said
,
"
but
the
strange
thing
is
that
I
owe
it
all
to
one
piece
of
luck
.
"
"
What
do
you
mean
by
that
?
"
"
Well
,
do
you
remember
Abraham
?
He
was
the
man
who
had
the
future
.
When
we
were
students
he
beat
me
all
along
the
line
.
He
got
the
prizes
and
the
scholarships
that
I
went
in
for
.
I
always
played
second
fiddle
to
him
.
If
he
’
d
kept
on
he
’
d
be
in
the
position
I
’
m
in
now
.
That
man
had
a
genius
for
surgery
.
No
one
had
a
look
in
with
him
.
When
he
was
appointed
Registrar
at
Thomas
’
s
I
hadn
’
t
a
chance
of
getting
on
the
staff
.
I
should
have
had
to
become
a
G
.
P
.
,
and
you
know
what
likelihood
there
is
for
a
G
.
P
.
ever
to
get
out
of
the
common
rut
.
But
Abraham
fell
out
,
and
I
got
the
job
.
That
gave
me
my
opportunity
.
"
"
I
dare
say
that
’
s
true
.
"
"
It
was
just
luck
.
I
suppose
there
was
some
kink
in
Abraham
.
Poor
devil
,
he
’
s
gone
to
the
dogs
altogether
.
He
’
s
got
some
twopenny
-
halfpenny
job
in
the
medical
at
Alexandria
—
sanitary
officer
or
something
like
that
.
I
’
m
told
he
lives
with
an
ugly
old
Greek
woman
and
has
half
a
dozen
scrofulous
kids
.
The
fact
is
,
I
suppose
,
that
it
’
s
not
enough
to
have
brains
.
The
thing
that
counts
is
character
.
Abraham
hadn
’
t
got
character
.
"
Character
?
I
should
have
thought
it
needed
a
good
deal
of
character
to
throw
up
a
career
after
half
an
hour
’
s
meditation
,
because
you
saw
in
another
way
of
living
a
more
intense
significance
.
And
it
required
still
more
character
never
to
regret
the
sudden
step
.
But
I
said
nothing
,
and
Alec
Carmichael
proceeded
reflectively
:
"
Of
course
it
would
be
hypocritical
for
me
to
pretend
that
I
regret
what
Abraham
did
.
After
all
,
I
’
ve
scored
by
it
.
"
He
puffed
luxuriously
at
the
long
Corona
he
was
smoking
.
"
But
if
I
weren
’
t
personally
concerned
I
should
be
sorry
at
the
waste
.
It
seems
a
rotten
thing
that
a
man
should
make
such
a
hash
of
life
.
"
I
wondered
if
Abraham
really
had
made
a
hash
of
life
Is
to
do
what
you
most
want
,
to
live
under
the
conditions
that
please
you
,
in
peace
with
yourself
,
to
make
a
hash
of
life
;
and
is
it
success
to
be
an
eminent
surgeon
with
ten
thousand
a
year
and
a
beautiful
wife
?
I
suppose
it
depends
on
what
meaning
you
attach
to
life
,
the
claim
which
you
acknowledge
to
society
,
and
the
claim
of
the
individual
.
But
again
I
held
my
tongue
,
for
who
am
I
to
argue
with
a
knight
?
