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The “Gloria Scott”
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Ihadoftenendeavouredtoelicitfrommycompanionwhathadfirstturnedhismindinthedirectionofcriminalresearch,buthadnevercaughthimbeforeinacommunicativehumour.Nowhesatforwardinhisarmchairandspreadoutthedocumentsuponhisknees.Thenhelithispipeandsatforsometimesmokingandturningthemover.
"YouneverheardmetalkofVictorTrevor?"heasked."HewastheonlyfriendImadeduringthetwoyearsIwasatcollege.Iwasneveraverysociablefellow,Watson,alwaysratherfondofmopinginmyroomsandworkingoutmyownlittlemethodsofthought,sothatInevermixedmuchwiththemenofmyyear.BarfencingandboxingIhadfewathletictastes,andthenmylineofstudywasquitedistinctfromthatoftheotherfellows,sothatwehadnopointsofcontactatall.TrevorwastheonlymanIknew,andthatonlythroughtheaccidentofhisbullterrierfreezingontomyankleonemorningasIwentdowntochapel.
"Itwasaprosaicwayofformingafriendship,butitwaseffective.Iwaslaidbytheheelsfortendays,andTrevorusedtocomeintoinquireafterme.Atfirstitwasonlyaminute’schatbutsoonhisvisitslengthened,andbeforetheendofthetermwewereclosefriends.Hewasahearty,full-bloodedfellow,fullofspiritsandenergy,theveryoppositetomeinmostrespects,butwehadsomesubjectsincommon,anditwasabondofunionwhenIfoundthathewasasfriendlessasI.
