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"I should like to meet him," I said. "If I am to lodge with anyone, I should prefer a man of studious and quiet habits. I am not strong enough yet to stand much noise or excitement. I had enough of both in Afghanistan to last me for the remainder of my natural existence. How could I meet this friend of yours?" I SHOULD LIKE TO MEET HIM I SAID IF I AM TO LODGE WITH ANYONE I SHOULD PREFER A MAN OF STUDIOUS AND QUIET HABITS I'M NOT STRONG ENOUGH YET TO STAND MUCH NOISE OR EXCITEMENT I HAD ENOUGH OF BOTH IN AFGHANISTAN TO LAST ME FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY NATURAL EXISTENCE HOW COULD I MEET THIS FRIEND OF YOURS
 very man for him. I should prefer having a partner to being alone.” Young Stamford looked rather strangely at me over his wine-glass. “You don’t know Sherlock Holmes yet,” he said; “perhaps you would not care for him as a constant companion.” “Why, what is there against him?” “Oh, I didn’t say there was anything against him. He is a little queer in his ideas—an enthusiast in some branches of science. As far as I know he is a decent fellow enough.” “A medical student, I suppose?” said I. “No—I have no idea what he intends to go in for. I believe he is well up in anatomy, and he is a first-class chemist; but, as far as I know, he has never taken out any systematic medical classes. His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the way knowledge which would astonish his professors.” “Did you never ask him what he was going in for?” I asked. “No; he is not a man that it is easy to draw out, though he can be communicative enough when the fancy seizes him.”  ONE TO SHARE THE ROOMS AND THE EXPENSE I AM THE VERY MAN FOR HIM I SHOULD PREFER HAVING A PARTNER TO BEING ALONE YOUNG STAMFORD LOOKED RATHER STRANGELY AT ME OVER HIS WINEGLASS YOU DON'T KNOW SHERLOCK HOLMES YET HE SAID PERHAPS YOU WOULD NOT CARE FOR HIM AS A CONSTANT COMPANION WHY WHAT IS THERE AGAINST HIM OH I DIDN'T SAY THERE WAS ANYTHING AGAINST HIM HE IS A LITTLE QUEER IN HIS IDEAS AN ENTHUSIAST IN SOME BRANCHES OF SCIENCE AS FAR AS I KNOW HE'S A DECENT FELLOW ENOUGH A MEDICAL STUDENT I SUPPOSE SAID I NO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE INTENDS TO GO IN FOR I BELIEVE HE IS WELL UP IN ANATOMY AND HE IS A FIRST CLASS CHEMIST BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW HE HAS NEVER TAKEN OUT ANY SYSTEMATIC MEDICAL CLASSES HIS STUDIES ARE VERY DESULTORY AND ECCENTRIC BUT HE HAS A MASTER LOT OF OUT OF THE WAY KNOWLEDGE WHICH WOULD ASTONISH HIS PROFESSORS DID YOU NEVER ASK HIM WHAT HE WAS GOING IN FOR I ASKED NO HE IS NOT A MAN THAT IT IS EASY TO DRAW OUT THOUGH HE CAN BE COMMUNICATIVE ENOUGH WHEN THE FANCY SEIZES HIM
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