Morning and evening MacTurk came to see him. His case, thus complicated by a new mischance, was become one of interest in the surgeon's eyes. He regarded him as a damaged piece of clockwork, which it would be creditable to his skill to set agoing again. Graves and young MacTurk--Moore's sole other visitors--contemplated him in the light in which they were wont to contemplate the occupant for the time being of the dissecting-room at Stilbro' Infirmary.

Morning and evening MacTurk came to see Moore. His case became interesting in the surgeon's eyes. MacTurk regarded him as a damaged piece of clockwork, which it would be a credit to his skill to set going again. 