A Study in Scarlet #227980

There he would sit in his chair with fingers together — he was very dexterous with his hands and just look at the man or woman before him. He was most kind and painstaking with the students — a real good friend and when I took my degree and went to Africa the remarkable individuality and discriminating tact of my Old master made a deep and lasting impression on me, though I had not the faintest idea that it would one day lead me to forsake medicine for story~ writing.