MY " CHARACTER " 97 



The letter from which the above is extracted has no 

 date, but was written near the end of that winter term, 

 1866, as the allusion to my " character " and the old 

 "Rug." match clearly indicate. Poor Jex-Blake must 

 have been sorely perplexed as to my home status, and 

 whether the discussion of it with me resulted in the 

 " character " being forwarded to Mr Arrowsmith, I cannot 

 remember. If it was, it would, no doubt, be filed among 

 title-deeds and other legal documents in a tin box. It 

 was a good " character " anyhow, and it was kind of 

 " Jex " to show it to me, for doubtless I should never 

 know anything about it otherwise. 



