Fred Shipman stayed on in Pontefract for another two years and seven months after he was fully qualified, doing a senior housemanship, during which time he acquired a diploma in child health and a diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology.

And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.

I've done ten dozen this week, she said proudly to Mrs. Morel. T-t-t! went the other. I don't know how you can find time. Eh! said Mrs. Anthony. You can find time if you make time. Let's make time next week to meet again.

The husband himself (called he to emphasize his role as Typical Male) comes across as a rather dense, naughty adolescent boy. He is clearly suffering from a terminal case of the Peter Pan syndrome.