“It is men like thee that bring shame on science,” answered Adam, sternly; “and I will not listen to thee longer.”
“Nay, but you must,” said the friar, clutching Adam’s robe, and concealing his resentment by an affected grin. “Thou thinkest me a mere ignoramus—ha! ha!—I think the same of thee. Why, man, thou hast never studied the parts of the human body, I’ll swear.”
“I’m no leech,” said Adam. “Let me go.”
“No, not yet. I will convict thee of ignorance. Thou dost not even know where the liver is placed.”
“I do,” answered Adam, shortly; “but what then?”
“Thou dost?—I deny it. Here is a pin; stick it into this wax, man, where thou sayest the liver lies in the human frame.”
Adam unsuspiciously obeyed.
“Well! the liver is there, eh? Ah, but where are the lungs?”
“Why, here.”
“And the midriff?”