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Chapter 18

           ItwasclearthatLydgate,bynotdispensingdrugs,intendedtocastimputationsonhisequals,andalsotoobscurethelimitbetweenhisownrankasageneralpractitionerandthatofthephysicians,who,intheinterestoftheprofession,feltboundtomaintainitsvariousgrades—especiallyagainstamanwhohadnotbeentoeitheroftheEnglishuniversitiesandenjoyedtheabsenceofanatomicalandbedsidestudythere,butcamewithalibellouspretensiontoexperienceinEdinburghandParis,whereobservationmightbeabundantindeed,buthardlysound.

           ThusithappenedthatonthisoccasionBulstrodebecameidentifiedwithLydgate,andLydgatewithTyke;andowingtothisvarietyofinterchangeablenamesforthechaplaincyquestion,diversemindswereenabledtoformthesamejudgmentconcerningit.

           Dr.Spraguesaidatoncebluntly.tothegroupassembledwhenheentered,"IgoforFarebrother.Asalary,withallmyheart.ButwhytakeitfromtheVicar?Hehasnonetoomuch—hastoinsurehislife,besideskeepinghouse,anddoingavicar’scharities.Putfortypoundsinhispocketandyou’lldonoharm.He’sagoodfellow,isFarebrother,withaslittleoftheparsonabouthimaswillservetocarryorders."

           "Ho,ho!Doctor,"saidoldMr.Powderell,aretirediron-mongerofsomestanding—hisinterjectionbeingsomethingbetweenalaughandaParliamentarydisapproval;"wemustletyouhaveyoursay.

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