He is working his own way through college , you know . For the past two years he has been teaching school in some out-of-the-way place over in Prince Edward Island . He is n't any too well , poor fellow -- never was very strong and has studied remorselessly . I have n't heard from him since February . He said then that he was afraid he was n't going to be able to stick it out till the end of the school year . I hope Larry wo n't break down . He is a fine fellow and worthy even of Agnes Campion . Well , here we are . Coming in , David ? '' `` Not this afternoon -- have n't got time . I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat . Nobody can find out what is the matter . He has puzzled all the doctors . He has puzzled me , but I 'll find out what is wrong with him if he 'll only live long enough . '' CHAPTER II . A LETTER OF DESTINY Eric , finding that his father had not yet returned from the college , went into the library and sat down to read a letter he had picked up from the hall table . It was from Larry West , and after the first few lines Eric 's face lost the absent look it had worn and assumed an expression of interest . `` I am writing to ask a favour of you , Marshall , '' wrote West . `` The fact is , I 've fallen into the hands of the Philistines -- that is to say , the doctors . I 've not been feeling very fit all winter but I 've held on , hoping to finish out the year .
`` Last week my landlady -- who is a saint XXXXX spectacles and calico -- looked at me one morning at the breakfast table and said , VERY gently , ` You must go to town to-morrow , Master , and see a doctor about yourself . '
OF after from in into since that through till to