One little foot from under her
skirt tapped nervously upon the rug.
"It is only right that you should know a little more about me before you
decide. There is, however, little to know. I am an orphan, and, as far
as I know, without a relation upon earth. My father was a respectable
man, a country surgeon in Wales, and he brought me up to his own
profession. Before I had passed my examinations, however, he died and
left me a small annuity. I had conceived a great liking for the
subjects of chemistry and electricity, and instead of going on with my
medical work I devoted myself entirely to these studies, and eventually
built myself a laboratory where I could follow out my own researches.
At about this time I came into a very large sum of money, so large as to
make me feel that a vast responsibility rested upon me in the use which
I made of it. After some thought I determined to build a large house in
a quiet part of the country, not too far from a great centre. There I
could be in touch with the world, and yet would have quiet and leisure
to mature the schemes which were in my head. As it chanced, I chose
Tamfield as my site. All that remains now is to carry out the plans
which I have made, and to endeavour to lighten the earth of some of the
misery and injustice which weigh it down.
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