"Now, that is all that I have to say to you at present, except that you had better get to work forthwith.  Report progress to me here from time to time, and let me know when your schooner is again ready for sea.  You had better allow yourself a full week for enquiries here, and if at the end of that time you have failed to learn anything, we must consider what is the next best thing to be done.  And do not forget your examination."