All that I require from you are habits of industry, punctuality, and respect.

Your father speaks well of you, and I have no doubt I shall find you all that he represents.

Can I do anything more for you this morning ?" I hesitated; could not bring myself to utter one word of that which I had come to say; and murmured-- "Nothing more, I thank you, sir." He looked at me piercingly, paused an instant, and then rang the bell.
"I am about to order my carriage," he said; "and, as I am going in that direction, I will take you as far as the Hotel Dieu." "But--but I have a cab at the door," I faltered, remembering, with a sinking heart, that I had not a sou to pay the driver.
The servant appeared again.
"Let the carriage be brought round immediately, and dismiss this gentleman's cab." The man retired, and I heaved a sigh of relief.

The doctor bent low over the papers on his desk, and I fancied for the moment that a faint smile flitted over his face.

Then he took up his hat, and pointed to the door.
"Now, my young friend," he said authoritatively, "we must be gone.