"So he hit upon the fable, as you call it, of saying he had shared
my lodgings," continued Scott. "Necessity is a rare incentive to
invention."
We had gained the Bell-and-Clapper Station as he spoke: two minutes yet
before the train for the city would be in. Scott utilized the minutes by
dashing to the bar for a glass of ale, chattering to Miss Panken and the
other one while he drank it. Then we both took the train; Scott going
back to the hospital--where he fulfilled some official duty beyond that
of ordinary student--and I to see after Pitt.