And there, opposite, stood a man whom he could have killed with one blow of his fist, telling him, in serious earnest, that he was not in perfect health! "You are a rare fellow!" said Geoffrey, half in jest and half in anger.
"What's the matter with me ?" "I have undertaken to give you, what I believe to be, a necessary caution," answered the surgeon.

"I have _not_ undertaken to tell you what I think is the matter with you.

That may be a question for consideration some little time hence.

In the meanwhile, I should like to put my impression about you to the test.

Have you any objection to answer a question on a matter of no particular importance relating to yourself ?" "Let's hear the question first." "I have noticed something in your behavior while Sir Patrick was speaking.