“This silly ass of a world," he said; "what a muddle it all is! I haven't had any life. I wonder when it's going to begin. Sixteen years being bullied by nurses and schoolmasters at their own sweet will; five in London grinding hard at medicine, bad food, shabby lodgings, shabby clothes, shabby vice, a blunder - I didn't know any better - and hustled off to this beastly island. Ten years here! What's it all for, Prendick? Are we bubbles blown by a baby?”

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