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           Thestudents,atleast,sworebyhisname,andFettesbelievedhimself,andwasbelievedbyothers,tohavelaidthefoundationsofsuccesswhenhehadacquiredthefavourofthismeteoricallyfamousman. Mr.K—wasaBONVIVANTaswellasanaccomplishedteacher; helikedaslyillusionnolessthanacarefulpreparation. InbothcapacitiesFettesenjoyedanddeservedhisnotice,andbythesecondyearofhisattendanceheheldthehalf-regularpositionofseconddemonstratororsub—assistantinhisclass. 

           Inthiscapacitythechargeofthetheatreandlecture-roomdevolvedinparticularuponhisshoulders. Hehadtoanswerforthecleanlinessofthepremisesandtheconductoftheotherstudents,anditwasapartofhisdutytosupply,receive,anddividethevarioussubjects. Itwaswithaviewtothislast—atthattimeverydelicate—affairthathewaslodgedbyMr.K—inthesamewynd,andatlastinthesamebuilding,withthedissecting-rooms. Here,afteranightofturbulentpleasures,hishandstilltottering,hissightstillmistyandconfused,hewouldbecalledoutofbedintheblackhoursbeforethewinterdawnbytheuncleananddesperateinterloperswhosuppliedthetable. Hewouldopenthedoortothesemen,sinceinfamousthroughouttheland. Hewouldhelpthemwiththeirtragicburden,paythemtheirsordidprice,andremainalone,whentheyweregone,withtheunfriendlyrelicsofhumanity.