If he really is going on living--as the doctors, some of them, think.

As a matter of fact, I have gone to one or two public men about it.

But, so far, nothing has been done." "It wouldn't be a bad idea to hand him over to some public body--the British Museum Trustees, or the Royal College of Physicians.

Sounds a bit odd, of course, but the whole situation is odd." "The difficulty is to induce them to take him." "Red tape, I suppose ?" "Partly." Pause.

"It's a curious business, certainly," said Isbister.