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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. VIII. 
artist friends would ever believe. Turner offered 
him a glass of wine ! It was while they were 
coming downstairs that he first observed 
symptoms of an inward struggle going on in 
T urner s bosom. When they were passing a 
little cupboard on the landing this struggle 
reached a climax. Finally, Turner said, ‘Will 
you — will you have a glass of wine ? ’ This offer 
having been accepted, after a good deal of 
groping in the cupboard a decanter was pro- 
duced, of which the original glass stopper had 
been replaced by a cork, with the remains of 
some sherry at the bottom. This Owen duly con- 
sumed, and shortly afterwards took his leave, with 
many expressions of the pleasure that this visit 
had afforded him and a disturbing conviction that 
the sherry might lurk indefinitely in his system. 
Owen had several visits from Turner at the 
College of Surgeons, and on Augusts Mrs. Owen 
writes : ‘ I translated part of the programme of 
the Munich Exhibition for 1845 for Turner, as 
he is thinking of sending them a picture.’ 
On September i Owen set out for the 
Continent, in order to attend the meeting of 
the Association of Italian Naturalists, which was 
held at Naples. From a memorandum he sent to 
Mr. Clift about the forwarding of his letters we 
gather that he meant to stay from September 
3 to 7 in Paris, 8th to iith Marseilles, iith 
to 28th Naples, September 29 to October 6 
