During the time of my pretending to practice Medicine at Cambridge, I was aroused, one fine forenoon of May, by the sound of one running up my staircase, three or four steps at a time; then, directly, a smart rapping at the door; and before I could say, 'Come in,' Euphranor had opened it, and, striding up to me, seized my arm with his usual eagerness, and told me I must go out with him - 'It was such a day - Sun shining - Breeze blowing - hedges and trees in full leaf.