Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

Three invalids -- Sufferings of George and Harris -- A victim to one hundred and seven fatal maladies -- Useful prescriptions -- Cure for liver complaint in children -- We agree that we are overworked, and need rest -- A week on the rolling deep? -- George suggests the River -- Montmorency lodges an objection -- Original motion carried by majority of three to one.

There were four of us -- George, and William Samuel Harris, and myself, and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room, smoking, and talking about how bad we were -- bad from a medical point of view I mean, of course.