It is not necessary to describe his method of cooking, nor his method of living; it is sufficient to say that his little cooking apparatus (in which he still takes great pride) enabled him fully to accomplish his purpose.

He lived within his means, and did not cost his father another farthing.
Next year his wages were increased to fifteen shillings.

He then began to save money.

He did not put it in a bank, but used his savings for the purpose of making the tools with which he afterwards commenced business.
In the third year of his service, his wages were again increased, on account, doubtless, of the value of his services.

"I don't know," he has since said, "that any future period of my life abounded in such high enjoyment of existence as the three years I spent at Maudslay's.