relished this quiet retort; and holding out his huge hand to Adam,
said, with affected cordiality,--

"Pooh! we are brothers, and must not quarrel. I was over hot, and
thou too provoking; but I honour and love thee, man,--let it pass. As
for this figure, doubtless we might pink it all over, and the earl be
never the worse. But if our employers order these things and pay for
them, we cunning men make profit by fools!"

"It is men like thee that bring shame on science," answered Adam,
sternly; "and I will not listen to thee longer."

"Nay, but you must," said the friar, clutching Adam's robe, and
concealing his resentment by an affected grin. "Thou thinkest me a
mere ignoramus--ha! ha!--I think the same of thee. Why, man, thou
hast never studied the parts of the human body, 1'11 swear."

"I'm no leech," said Adam. "Let me go."

"No, not yet. I will convict thee of ignorance. Thou dost not even
know where the liver is placed."

"I do," answered Adam, shortly; "but what then?"

"Thou dost?--I deny it. Here is a pin; stick it into this wax, man,
where thou sayest the liver lies in the human frame."

Adam unsuspiciously obeyed.

"Well! the liver is there, eh? Ah, but where are the lungs?"