What are you going to do?
I have to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the Griffin Life Office." "Shall I walk down with you ?" "It is very good of you to offer, Jervis, but I think I will go alone.

I want to run over these notes and get the facts of the case arranged in my mind.

When I have done that, I shall be ready to pick up new matter.
Knowledge is of no use unless it is actually in your mind, so that it can be produced at a moment's notice.

So you had better get a book and your pipe and spend a quiet hour by the fire while I assimilate the miscellaneous mental feast that we have just enjoyed.

And you might do a little rumination yourself." With this, Thorndyke took his departure; and I, adopting his advice, drew my chair closer to the fire and filled my pipe.