Merrick has tea with Treves and his wife, and is so overwhelmed by their kindness that he shows them his mother's picture. Carr-Gomm permits him to stay, and Merrick spends his time practicing conversation with Treves and building a model of a cathedral he sees from his window. Merrick tells the doctors that he knows how to read, and has memorized the 23rd Psalm because it is his favorite. Carr-Gomm sees through this ruse, but as he is leaving, Merrick begins to recite the 23rd Psalm, which Treves did not teach him. To prove that Merrick can make progress, Treves trains him to say a few conversational sentences. Carr-Gomm, the hospital's Governor, is against housing Merrick, as the hospital does not accept "incurables". Mothershead, the formidable matron, as the other nurses are too frightened of Merrick. On Merrickās return he is beaten so badly by Bytes that he has to call Treves for medical help. Treves presents Merrick to his colleagues and highlights his monstrous skull, which forces him to sleep with his head on his knees, since if he were to lie down, he would asphyxiate. His head is kept hooded, and his "owner", who views him as retarded, is paid by Treves to bring him to the hospital for exams. London Hospital surgeon Frederick Treves finds John Merrick in a Victorian freak show in London's East End, where he is kept by a Mr.
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