On the fourth morning after the installation, Narcissus appeared and
demanded a higher wage. This was granted.
On the sixth morning, Narcissus appeared again.
"That there nurse--" he began.
"What of her?"
"As touching that there nurse, your instructions were to feed her
up."
"Well?"
"I've fed her up."
"Well?"
"She's ate till she's sick."
The Captain sent post-haste for Dr. Beckerleg.
"That woman's green with bile," the Doctor announced. "You've been
over-feeding her."
"I did it to strengthen the child."
"No doubt; but this sort of woman will eat all that's put before her.
Lower her diet."
This was done. The woman recovered in a couple of days and resigned
her place at once, declaring she was starved.
A second wet-nurse was sought for and found. The child thrived, was
weaned, and began to cut his teeth without any trouble to mention.
Twice a day Captain Barker visited his nursery and studied him
attentively.
"I'll own that I'm boggled," he confessed to Dr. Beckerleg.
"You see, a child is the offspring of his parents."
"That is undeniable!" the Doctor answered.
"And science now asserts that he inherits his parents' aptitudes:
therefore, to train him _secundum naturam_, I must discover these
aptitudes and educate or check them.
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