“Now,” said Dr. O’Grady, “I’m going to speak plainly to you for your own good. You’ve behaved uncommonly badly since you came here. You’ve sulked and you’ve whimpered, and you’ve raved in such a way as to make Patsy Devlin and me quite uncomfortable. We made every excuse for you yesterday afternoon. We recognized that Mr. Dick couldn’t be expected to be cheerful when he hadn’t got any trousers. We knew that what had happened would upset Mr. Sanders’ heart and bring on palpitations. We did our best to make things easy for you. When the assistant anarchists brought up your beds, we made them for you, and allowed you to get into them, although it was barely five o’clock, and the habit of going to bed at that hour is most unsociable. Patsy brought your tea over to you later on before he drank a drop himself, to save you the trouble of getting out of bed. That was pure kindness of heart on Patsy’s part, and you didn’t so much as say ‘thank you.’” “They did not,” said Patsy, who stood behind the bed with sleeves still rolled up; “and it will be long enough before I do the like again.” “After tea,” said Dr. O’Grady, “I sent for the Emperor and persuaded him to let Mr. Dick have his clothes back. I needn’t have done that. It didn’t matter to me if he had to go about stark naked for the rest of his natural life. Did you show any gratitude this morning? Not a bit. You sulked and whimpered again in the most unbearable manner. We put up with it. We tried to cheer you. There was an egg short at breakfast. Who did without? Patsy again; although he deserved an egg a great deal more than either of you. When breakfast was over, I suggested that we should all join in the game of flipping pennies across the table. I didn’t do that because I wanted to play. As a matter of fact, I don’t usually play in the morning; I read. Patsy will bear me out in that. I was prepared to sacrifice my own time and inclination to amuse you. How did you receive the proposal? You sulked again.” “I was brought up strictly,” said Mr. Sanders; “I belong to the Free Kirk, and my conscience will not allow me to gamble.”