If all is well inside his laboratories, why should Sir Elkin
fear the light?
May I point out that considerable sums of public money are spent
on these University Colleges, and even, indirectly, in promoting
the very researches incriminated by the Memorialists. We should
insist on knowing what we are paying for and whether it is
consistent with the consciences of those among us who look upon
dumb animals as the friends and servants of man.
I am, Sir, Your obedient servant,
P. FARRELL.
The Acacias, Wimbledon,
Thursday, March 7, 1907.
I dressed and breakfasted in some haste. I heard Jimmy splashing and
carolling in his tub, and for one moment had a mind to knock in and
read him the letter, which worried me. But I didn't. . . . It really
wasn't Jimmy's business. . . . Good Lord! if I'd only acted on that
one little impulse, which seemed at the time not to matter two
straws!--
I took a taxi to Chelsea, carting the newspapers with me and rooting
Farrell's truffles out of a dozen or so on the way.
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