“It seems to me,” he said, “that tomorrow is a fairly free day. We could take the morning without neglecting other business. I suggest that we start immediately after breakfast. How will that suit my learned friend?”

“My time is yours,” I replied; “and if you choose to waste it on matters that don’t concern you, that’s your affair.”

“Then we will consider the arrangement to stand for tomorrow morning, or rather, for this morning, as I see that it is past twelve.”

With this Thorndyke gathered up the chart and instruments and we separated for the night.