I am a Doctor of Medicine and was in military service. I was
wounded, and came back to London to restore my health. My pension was so small, that I could not afford to rent anything on my own, so I went into halves with another man.
He is not difficult to live with, quiet in his ways, but he is strange. He does not study medicine, yet he spends a lot of time in dissecting rooms. He plays violin. He is constantly experimenting with chemicals, and inventing new tests.
Strange people visit them at any time of the day: young girls, ruddy- cheeked men, old women and old men.
I can't understand what is his work, or how he makes his living. It would have been easy just to ask, but he is somewhat intimidating, and I can't do it. What can his occupation be?
2007-12-27 08:28:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Consulting detective
2007-12-27 08:32:55 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I understand he's written a very useful monograph on cigar ash. I would ask the boys in the street. They seem to run a lot of errands for him. Ask them what he's up to. Keep notes. This might turn into an interesting story or two!
2007-12-27 10:39:50 · answer #2 · answered by Snow Globe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um some sort of rent boy? Or maybe he is trying to cure some sort of illness?
I think the guy above me has probably got it though.
2007-12-27 08:33:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were you serving in Afghanistan when you were injured? : ) And is your name...Watson?
2007-12-27 08:39:46 · answer #4 · answered by Machi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋