noattempt
to
play
.
They
stood
gossiping
in
knots
,
grumbling
and
stamping
their
feet
to
keep
warm
.
By-and-by
the
day-boarders
began
to
drop
in
one
by
one
,
several
of
them
,
from
a
want
of
tact
in
adapting
themselves
to
the
general
tone
,
earning
decided
unpopularity
at
once
by
a
cheerful
briskness
and
an
undisguised
satisfaction
at
having
something
definite
to
do
once
more
.
If
Mr.
Tinkler
,
who
had
joined
one
of
the
groups
,
had
not
particularly
distinguished
himself
at
breakfast
,
he
made
ample
amends
now
,
and
by
the
grandeur
and
manliness
of
his
conversation
succeeded
in
producing
a
decided
impression
upon
some
of
the
smaller
boys
.
"
The
bore
of
a
place
like
this
,
you
know
,
"
he
was
saying
with
magnificent
disdain
,
"
is
that
a
fellow
ca
n't
have
his
pipe
of
a
morning
.
I
've
been
used
to
it
,
and
so
,
of
course
,
I
miss
it
.
If
I
chose
to
insist
on
it
Grimstone
could
n't
say
anything
;
but
with
a
lot
of
young
fellows
like
you
,
you
see
,
it
would
n't
look
well
!
"
It
could
hardly
have
looked
worse
than
little
Mr.
Tinkler
himself
would
have
done
,
if
he
had
ventured
upon
more
than
the
mildest
of
cigarettes
,
for
he
was
a
poor
but
pertinacious
smoker
,
and
his
love
for
the
weed
was
chastened
by
wholesome
fear
.
There
,
however
,
he
was
in
no
danger
of
betraying
this
,
and
indeed
it
would
have
been
injudicious
to
admit
it
.
"
Talking
of
smoking
,
"
he
went
on
,
with
a
soft
chuckle
,
as
at
recollections
of
unspeakable
devilry
,
"
did
I
ever
tell
you
chaps
of
a
tremendous
scrape
I
very
nearly
got
into
up
at
the
'
Varsity
?
Well
,
you
must
know
there
's
a
foolish
rule
there
against
smoking
in
the
streets
.
Not
that
that
made
any
difference
to
some
of
us
!
Well
,
one
night
about
nine
,
I
was
strolling
down
Petty
Cury
with
two
other
men
,
smoking
(
Bosher
of
"
Pothouse
,
"
and
Peebles
of
"
Cats
,
"
both
pretty
well
known
up
there
for
general
rowdiness
,
you
know
—
great
pals
of
mine
!
)
and
,
just
as
we
turned
the
corner
,
who
should
we
see
coming
straight
down
on
us
but
a
Proctor
with
his
bull-dogs
(
not
dogs
,
you
know
,
but
the
strongest
'
gyps
'
in
college
)
.
Bosher
said
,
'
Let
's
cut
it
!
'
and
he
and
Peebles
bolted
.
(
They
were
neither
of
them
funks
,
of
course
,
but
they
lost
their
heads
.
)
I
went
calmly
on
,
smoking
my
cigar
as
if
nothing
was
the
matter
.
That
put
the
Proctor
in
a
bait
,
I
can
tell
you
!
He
came
fuming
up
to
me
.
'
What
do
you
mean
,
sir
,
'
says
he
,
quite
pale
with
anger
(
he
was
a
great
bull-headed
fellow
,
one
of
the
strongest
dons
of
his
year
,
that
's
why
they
made
him
a
Proctor
)
—
'
what
do
you
mean
by
breaking
the
University
Statutes
in
this
way
?
'
'
It
is
a
fine
evening
,
'
said
I
(
I
was
determined
to
keep
cool
)
.
'
Do
you
mean
to
insult
me
?
'
said
he
.
'
No
,
old
boy
,
'
said
I
,
'
I
do
n't
;
have
a
cigar
?
'
He
could
n't
stand
that
,
so
he
called
up
his
bull-dogs
.
'
I
give
him
in
charge
!
'
he
screamed
out
.
'
I
'll
have
him
sent
down
!
'
'
I
'll
send
you
down
first
,
'
said
I
,
and
I
just
gave
him
a
push
—
I
never
meant
to
hurt
the
fellow
—
and
over
he
went
.
I
rolled
over
a
bull-dog
to
keep
him
company
,
and
,
as
the
other
fellow
did
n't
want
any
more
and
stood
aside
to
let
me
pass
,
I
finished
my
stroll
and
my
cigar
.
"
"
Was
the
Proctor
hurt
,
sir
?
"
inquired
a
small
boy
with
great
respect
.
"
More
frightened
than
hurt
,
I
always
said
,
"
said
Mr.
Tinkler
lightly
,
"
but
somehow
he
never
would
proctorise
any
more
—
it
spoilt
his
nerve
.
He
was
a
good
deal
chaffed
about
it
,
but
of
course
no
one
ever
knew
I
'd
had
anything
to
do
with
it
!
"
With
such
tales
of
Homeric
exploit
did
Mr.
Tinkler
inculcate
a
spirit
of
discipline
and
respect
for
authority
.
But
although
he
had
indeed
once
encountered
a
Proctor
,
and
at
night
,
he
did
himself
great
injustice
by
this
version
of
the
proceedings
,
which
were
,
as
a
matter
of
fact
,
of
a
most
peaceable
and
law-abiding
character
,
and
though
followed
by
a
pecuniary
transaction
the
next
day
in
which
six-and-eightpence
changed
pockets
,
the
Proctors
continued
their
duties
much
as
before
,
while
Mr.
Tinkler
's
feelings
towards
them
,
which
had
ever
been
reverential
in
the
extreme
,
were
,
if
anything
,
intensified
by
the
experience
.
Upon
this
incident
,
however
,
he
had
gradually
embroidered
the
above
exciting
episode
,
until
he
grew
to
believe
at
intervals
that
he
really
had
been
a
devil
of
a
fellow
in
his
time
,
which
,
to
do
him
justice
,
was
far
from
the
case
.
He
might
have
gone
on
still
further
to
calumniate
himself
,
and
excite
general
envy
and
admiration
thereby
,
if
at
that
moment
Dr.
Grimstone
had
not
happened
to
appear
at
the
head
of
the
cast-iron
staircase
that
led
down
into
the
playground
;
whereupon
Mr.
Tinkler
affected
to
be
intensely
interested
in
the
game
,
which
,
as
a
kind
of
involuntary
compliment
to
the
principal
,
about
this
time
was
galvanised
into
a
sort
of
vigour
.
But
the
Doctor
,
after
frowning
gloomily
down
upon
them
for
a
minute
or
so
,
suddenly
called
"
All
in
!
"
He
had
several
ways
of
saying
this
.
Sometimes
he
would
do
so
in
a
half-regretful
tone
,
as
one
himself
obeying
the
call
of
duty
;
sometimes
he
would
appear
for
some
minutes
,
a
benignant
spectator
,
upon
the
balcony
,
and
summon
them
to
work
at
length
with
a
lenient
pity
—
for
he
was
by
no
means
a
hard-hearted
man
;
but
at
other
times
he
would
step
sharply
and
suddenly
out
and
shout
the
word
of
command
with
a
grim
and
ominous
expression
.
On
these
last
occasions
the
school
generally
prepared
itself
for
a
rather
formidable
quarter
of
an
hour
.
This
was
the
case
now
and
,
as
a
further
portent
,
Mr.
Blinkhorn
was
observed
to
come
down
and
,
after
a
few
words
with
Mr.
Tinkler
,
withdrew
with
him
through
the
school
gate
.
"
He
's
sent
them
out
for
a
walk
,
"
said
Siggers
,
who
was
skilled
in
omens
.
"
It
's
a
row
!
"
Rows
at
Crichton
House
,
although
periodical
,
and
therefore
things
to
be
forearmed
against
in
some
degree
,
were
serious
matters
.
Dr.
Grimstone
was
a
quick-tempered
man
,
with
a
copious
flow
of
words
and
a
taste
for
indulging
it
.
He
was
also
strongly
prejudiced
against
many
breaches
of
discipline
which
others
might
have
considered
trifling
,
and
whenever
he
had
discovered
any
such
breach
he
could
not
rest
until
by
all
the
means
in
his
power
he
had
ascertained
exactly
how
many
were
implicated
in
the
offence
,
and
to
what
extent
.
His
usual
method
of
doing
this
was
to
summon
the
school
formally
together
and
deliver
an
elaborate
harangue
,
during
which
he
worked
himself
by
degrees
into
such
a
state
of
indignation
that
his
hearers
were
most
of
them
terrified
out
of
their
senses
,
and
very
often
conscience-stricken
offenders
would
give
themselves
up
as
hopelessly
detected
and
reveal
transgressions
altogether
unsuspected
by
him
—
much
as
a
net
brings
up
fish
of
all
degrees
of
merit
,
or
as
heavy
firing
will
raise
drowned
corpses
to
the
surface
.
Paul
naturally
knew
nothing
of
this
peculiarity
;
he
had
kept
himself
as
usual
apart
from
the
others
,
and
was
now
trying
to
compel
himself
to
brave
the
terrors
of
an
avowal
at
the
first
opportunity
.
He
followed
the
others
up
the
steps
with
an
uneasy
wonder
whether
,
after
all
,
he
would
not
find
himself
ignominiously
set
down
to
learn
lessons
.
The
boys
filed
into
the
schoolroom
in
solemn
silence
,
and
took
their
seats
at
the
desks
and
along
the
brown
tables
.
The
Doctor
was
there
before
them
,
standing
up
with
one
elbow
resting
upon
a
reading-stand
,
and
with
a
suggestion
of
coming
thunder
in
his
look
and
attitude
that
,
combined
with
the
oppressive
silence
,
made
some
of
the
boys
feel
positively
ill.
Presently
he
began
.
He
said
that
,
since
they
had
come
together
again
,
he
had
made
a
discovery
concerning
one
among
them
which
,
astounding
as
it
was
to
him
,
and
painful
as
he
felt
it
to
be
compelled
to
make
it
known
,
concerned
them
all
to
be
aware
of
.
Mr.
Bultitude
could
scarcely
believe
his
ears
.
His
secret
was
discovered
,
then
;
the
injury
done
him
by
Dick
about
to
be
repaired
,
and
open
restitution
and
apology
offered
him
!
It
was
not
perhaps
precisely
delicate
on
the
Doctor
's
part
to
make
so
public
an
affair
of
it
,
but
so
long
as
it
ended
well
,
he
could
afford
to
overlook
that
.
So
he
settled
himself
comfortably
on
a
form
with
his
back
against
a
desk
and
his
legs
crossed
,
his
expression
indicating
plainly
that
he
knew
what
was
coming
and
,
on
the
whole
,
approved
of
it
.
"
Ever
since
I
have
devoted
myself
to
the
cause
of
tuition
,
"
continued
the
Doctor
,
"
I
have
made
it
my
object
to
provide
boys
under
my
roof
with
fare
so
abundant
and
so
palatable
that
they
should
have
no
excuse
for
obtaining
extraneous
luxuries
.
I
have
presided
myself
at
their
meals
,
I
have
superintended
their
very
sports
with
a
fatherly
eye
—
—
"
Here
he
paused
,
and
fixed
one
or
two
of
those
nearest
him
with
the
fatherly
eye
in
such
a
manner
that
they
writhed
with
confusion
.
"
He
's
wandering
from
the
point
,
"
thought
Paul
,
a
little
puzzled
.
"
I
have
done
all
this
on
one
understanding
—
that
the
robustness
of
your
constitutions
,
acquired
by
the
plain
,
simple
,
but
abundant
regimen
of
my
table
,
shall
not
be
tampered
with
by
the
indulgence
in
any
of
the
pampering
products
of
confectionery
.
They
are
absolutely
and
unconditionally
prohibited
—
as
every
boy
who
hears
me
now
knows
perfectly
well
!
"
And
yet
"
(
here
he
began
gradually
to
relax
his
self-restraint
and
lash
himself
into
a
frenzy
of
indignation
)
,
"
what
do
I
find
?
There
are
some
natures
so
essentially
base
,
so
incapable
of
being
affected
by
kindness
,
so
dead
to
honour
and
generosity
,
that
they
will
not
scruple
to
conspire
or
set
themselves
individually
to
escape
and
baffle
the
wise
precautions
undertaken
for
their
benefit
.
I
will
not
name
the
dastards
at
present
—
they
themselves
can
look
into
their
hearts
and
see
their
guilt
reflected
there
—
—
"
At
this
every
boy
,
beginning
to
see
the
tendency
of
his
denunciations
,
tried
hard
to
assume
an
air
of
conscious
innocence
and
grieved
interest
,
the
majority
achieving
conspicuous
failure
.
"
I
do
not
like
to
think
,
"
said
Dr.
Grimstone
,
"
that
the
evil
has
a
wider
existence
than
I
yet
know
of
.
It
may
be
so
;
nothing
will
surprise
me
now
.
There
may
be
some
before
me
trembling
with
the
consciousness
of
secret
guilt
.
If
so
,
let
those
boys
make
the
only
reparation
in
their
power
,
and
give
themselves
up
in
an
honourable
and
straightforward
manner
!
"
To
this
invitation
,
which
indeed
resembled
that
of
the
duck-destroying
Mrs.
Bond
,
no
one
made
any
response
.
They
had
grown
too
wary
,
and
now
preferred
to
play
a
waiting
game
.
"
Then
let
the
being
—
for
I
will
not
call
him
boy
—
who
is
known
to
me
,
step
forth
and
confess
his
fault
publicly
,
and
sue
for
pardon
!
"
thundered
the
Doctor
,
now
warmed
to
his
theme
.
But
the
being
declined
from
a
feeling
of
modesty
,
and
a
faint
hope
that
somebody
else
might
,
after
all
,
be
the
person
aimed
at
.
"
Then
I
name
him
!
"
stormed
Dr.
Grimstone
;
"
Cornelius
Coggs
—
stand
up
!
"
Coggs
half
rose
in
a
limp
manner
,
whimpering
feebly
,
"
Me
,
sir
?
Oh
,
please
sir
—
no
,
not
me
,
sir
!
"
"
Yes
,
you
,
sir
,
and
let
your
companions
regard
you
with
the
contempt
and
abhorrence
you
so
richly
merit
!
"
Here
,
needless
to
say
,
the
whole
school
glared
at
poor
Coggs
with
as
much
virtuous
indignation
as
they
could
summon
up
at
such
short
notice
;
for
contempt
is
very
infectious
when
communicated
from
high
quarters
.
"
So
,
Coggs
,
"
said
the
Doctor
,
with
a
slow
and
withering
scorn
,
"
so
you
thought
to
defy
me
;
to
smuggle
compressed
illness
and
concentrated
unhealthiness
into
this
school
with
impunity
?
You
flattered
yourself
that
after
I
had
once
confiscated
your
contraband
poisons
,
you
would
hear
no
more
of
it
!
You
deceived
yourself
,
sir
!
I
tell
you
,
once
for
all
,
that
I
will
not
allow
you
to
contaminate
your
innocent
schoolmates
with
your
gifts
of
surreptitious
sweetmeats
;
they
shall
not
be
perverted
with
your
pernicious
peppermints
,
sir
;
you
shall
not
deprave
them
by
jujubes
,
or
enervate
them
with
Turkish
Delight
!
I
will
not
expose
myself
or
them
to
the
inroads
of
disease
invited
here
by
a
hypocritical
inmate
of
my
walls
.
The
traitor
shall
have
his
reward
!
"
All
of
which
simply
meant
that
the
Doctor
,
having
once
had
a
small
boy
taken
seriously
ill
from
the
effects
of
overeating
himself
,
was
naturally
anxious
to
avoid
such
an
inconvenience
for
the
future
.
"
Thanks
to
the
fearless
honesty
of
a
youth
,
"
continued
the
Doctor
,
"
who
,
in
an
eccentric
manner
,
certainly
,
but
with
,
I
do
not
doubt
,
the
best
of
motives
,
opened
my
eyes
to
the
fell
evil
,
I
am
enabled
to
cope
with
it
at
its
birth
.
Richard
Bultitude
,
I
take
this
occasion
of
publicly
thanking
and
commending
you
;
your
conduct
was
noble
!
"
Mr.
Bultitude
was
too
angry
and
disappointed
to
speak
.
He
had
thought
his
path
was
going
to
be
made
smooth
,
and
now
all
this
ridiculous
fuss
was
being
made
about
a
few
peppermint
lozenges
.
He
wished
he
had
never
mentioned
them
.
It
was
not
the
last
time
he
breathed
that
wish
.
"
As
for
you
,
Coggs
,
"
said
the
Doctor
,
suddenly
producing
a
lithe
brown
cane
,
"
I
shall
make
a
public
example
of
you
.
"
Coggs
stared
idiotically
and
protested
,
but
after
a
short
and
painful
scene
,
was
sent
off
up
to
his
bedroom
,
yelping
like
a
kicked
puppy
.
"
One
word
more
,
"
said
the
Doctor
,
now
almost
calm
again
.
"
I
know
that
you
all
think
with
me
in
your
horror
of
the
treachery
I
have
just
exposed
.
I
know
that
you
would
scorn
to
participate
in
it
.
"
(
A
thrill
and
murmur
,
expressive
of
intense
horror
and
scorn
,
went
round
the
benches
.
)
"
You
are
anxious
to
prove
that
you
do
so
beyond
a
doubt
.
"
(
Again
a
murmur
of
assent
.
)
"
I
give
you
all
that
opportunity
.
I
have
implicit
trust
and
confidence
in
you
—
let
every
boarder
go
down
into
the
box-room
and
fetch
up
his
playbox
,
just
as
it
is
,
and
open
it
here
before
me
.
"
There
was
a
general
fall
of
jaws
at
this
very
unexpected
conclusion
;
but
contriving
to
overcome
their
dismay
,
they
went
outside
and
down
through
the
playground
into
the
box-room
,
Paul
amongst
the
rest
,
and
amidst
universal
confusion
,
everyone
opened
his
box
,
and
,
with
a
consideration
especially
laudable
in
heedless
boyhood
,
thoughtfully
and
carefully
removed
from
it
all
such
dainties
as
might
be
calculated
to
shock
or
pain
their
preceptor
.
Mr.
Bultitude
found
a
key
which
was
labelled
"
playbox
,
"
and
began
to
open
a
box
which
bore
Dick
's
initials
cut
upon
the
lid
;
without
any
apprehensions
,
however
,
for
he
had
given
too
strict
orders
to
his
daughter
,
to
fear
that
any
luxuries
would
be
concealed
there
.
But
no
sooner
had
he
raised
the
lid
than
he
staggered
back
with
disgust
.
It
was
crammed
with
cakes
,
butterscotch
,
hardbake
,
pots
of
jam
,
and
even
a
bottle
of
ginger
wine
—
enough
to
compromise
a
chameleon
!
He
set
himself
to
pitch
them
all
out
as
soon
as
possible
with
feverish
haste
,
but
Tipping
was
too
quick
for
him
.
"
Hallo
!
"
he
cried
:
"
oh
,
I
say
,
you
fellows
,
come
here
!
Just
look
at
this
!
Here
's
this
impudent
young
beggar
,
who
sneaked
of
poor
old
Coggs
for
sucking
jujubes
,
and
very
nearly
got
us
all
into
a
jolly
good
row
,
with
his
own
box
full
all
the
time
;
butterscotch
,
if
you
please
,
and
jam
,
and
ginger
wine
!
You
'll
just
put
'
em
all
back
again
,
will
you
,
you
young
humbug
!
"
"
Do
you
use
those
words
to
me
,
sir
?
"
said
Paul
angrily
,
for
he
did
not
like
to
be
called
a
humbug
.
"
Yes
,
sir
,
please
,
sir
,
"
jeered
Tipping
;
"
I
did
venture
to
take
such
a
liberty
,
sir
.
"
"
Then
it
was
like
your
infernal
impudence
,
"
growled
Paul
.
"
You
be
kind
enough
to
leave
my
affairs
alone
.
Upon
my
word
,
what
boys
are
coming
to
nowadays
!
"
"
Are
you
going
to
put
that
tuck
back
?
"
said
Tipping
impatiently
.
"
No
,
sir
,
I
'm
not
.
Do
n't
interfere
with
what
you
're
not
expected
to
understand
!
"
"
Well
,
if
you
wo
n't
,
"
said
Tipping
easily
,
"
I
suppose
we
must
.
Biddlecomb
,
kindly
knock
him
down
,
and
sit
on
his
head
while
I
fill
his
playbox
for
him
.
"
This
was
neatly
and
quickly
done
.
Biddlecomb
tripped
Mr.
Bultitude
up
,
and
sat
firmly
on
him
,
while
Tipping
carefully
replaced
the
good
things
in
Dick
's
box
,
after
which
he
locked
it
,
and
courteously
returned
the
key
.
"
As
the
box
is
heavy
,
"
he
said
,
with
a
wicked
wink
,
"
I
'll
carry
it
up
for
you
myself
,
"
which
he
did
,
Paul
following
,
more
dead
than
alive
,
and
too
shaken
even
to
expostulate
.
"
Bultitude
's
box
was
rather
too
heavy
for
him
,
sir
,
"
he
explained
as
he
came
in
;
and
Dr.
Grimstone
,
who
had
quite
recovered
his
equanimity
,
smiled
indulgently
,
and
remarked
that
he
"
liked
to
see
the
strong
assisting
the
weak
.
"
All
the
boxes
had
by
this
time
been
brought
up
,
and
were
ranged
upon
the
tables
,
while
the
Doctor
went
round
,
making
an
almost
formal
inspection
,
like
a
Custom
House
officer
searching
compatriots
,
and
becoming
milder
and
milder
as
box
after
box
opened
to
reveal
a
fair
and
innocent
interior
.
Paul
's
turn
was
coming
very
near
,
and
his
heart
seemed
to
shrivel
like
a
burst
bladder
.
He
fumbled
with
his
key
,
and
tried
hard
to
lose
it
.
It
was
terrible
to
have
oneself
to
apply
the
match
which
is
to
blow
one
to
the
winds
.
If
—
if
—
the
idea
was
almost
too
horrible
—
but
if
he
,
a
blameless
and
respectable
city
merchant
,
were
actually
to
find
himself
served
like
the
miserable
Coggs
!
At
last
the
Doctor
actually
stood
by
him
.
"
Well
,
my
boy
,
"
he
said
,
not
unkindly
,
"
I
'm
not
afraid
of
anything
wrong
here
,
at
any
rate
.
"
Mr.
Bultitude
,
who
had
the
best
reasons
for
not
sharing
his
confidence
,
made
some
inarticulate
sounds
,
and
pretended
to
have
a
difficulty
in
turning
the
key
.
"
Eh
?
Come
,
open
the
box
,
"
said
the
Doctor
with
an
altered
manner
.
"
What
are
you
fumbling
at
it
for
in
this
—
this
highly
suspicious
manner
?
I
'll
open
it
myself
.
"
He
took
the
key
and
opened
the
lid
,
when
the
cakes
and
wine
stood
revealed
in
all
their
damning
profusion
.
The
Doctor
stepped
back
dramatically
.
"
Hardbake
!
"
he
gasped
;
"
wine
,
pots
of
strawberry
jam
!
Oh
,
Bultitude
,
this
is
a
revelation
indeed
!
So
I
have
nourished
one
more
viper
in
my
bosom
,
have
I
?
A
crawling
reptile
which
curries
favour
by
denouncing
the
very
crime
it
conceals
in
its
playbox
!
Bultitude
,
I
was
not
prepared
for
such
duplicity
as
this
!
"
"
I
—
I
swear
I
never
put
them
in
!
"
protested
the
unhappy
Paul
.
"
I
—
I
never
touch
such
things
:
they
would
bring
on
my
gout
in
half-an-hour
.
It
's
ridiculous
to
punish
me
.
I
never
knew
they
were
there
!
"
"
Then
why
were
you
so
anxious
to
avoid
opening
the
box
?
"
rejoined
the
Doctor
.
"
No
,
sir
,
you
're
too
ingenious
;
your
guilt
is
clear
.
Go
to
your
dormitory
,
and
wait
there
till
I
come
to
you
!
"
Paul
went
upstairs
,
feeling
utterly
abandoned
and
helpless
.
Though
a
word
as
to
his
real
character
might
have
saved
him
,
he
could
not
have
said
it
,
and
,
worse
still
,
knew
now
that
he
could
not
.
"
I
shall
be
caned
,
"
he
told
himself
,
and
the
thought
nearly
drove
him
mad
.
"
I
know
I
shall
be
caned
!
What
on
earth
shall
I
do
?
"
He
opened
the
door
of
his
bedroom
.
Coggs
was
rocking
and
moaning
on
his
bed
in
one
corner
of
the
room
,
but
looked
up
with
red
furious
eyes
as
Paul
came
in
.
"
What
do
you
want
up
here
?
"
he
said
savagely
.
"
Go
away
,
ca
n't
you
!
"
"
I
wish
I
could
go
away
,
"
said
Paul
dolefully
;
"
but
I
'm
—
hum
—
I
'm
sent
up
here
too
,
"
he
explained
,
with
some
natural
embarrassment
.
"
What
!
"
cried
Coggs
,
slipping
off
his
bed
and
staring
wildly
:
"
you
do
n't
mean
to
say
you
're
going
to
catch
it
too
?
"
"
I
've
—
ah
—
every
reason
to
fear
,
"
said
Mr.
Bultitude
stiffly
,
"
that
I
am
indeed
going
to
'
catch
it
,
'
as
you
call
it
.
"
"
Hooray
!
"
shouted
Coggs
hysterically
:
"
I
do
n't
care
now
.
And
I
'll
have
some
revenge
on
my
own
account
as
well
.
I
do
n't
mind
an
extra
licking
,
and
you
're
in
for
one
as
it
is
.
Will
you
stand
up
to
me
or
not
?
"
"
I
do
n't
understand
you
,
"
said
Paul
.
"
Do
n't
come
so
near
.
Keep
off
,
you
young
demon
,
will
you
!
"
he
cried
presently
,
as
Coggs
,
exasperated
by
all
his
wrongs
,
was
rushing
at
him
with
an
evidently
hostile
intent
.
"
There
,
do
n't
be
annoyed
,
my
good
boy
,
"
he
pleaded
,
catching
up
a
chair
as
a
bulwark
.
"
It
was
a
misunderstanding
.
I
wish
you
no
harm
.
There
,
my
dear
young
friend
!
Do
n't
!
"
The
"
dear
young
friend
"
was
grappling
with
him
and
attempting
to
wrest
the
chair
away
by
brute
force
.
"
When
I
get
at
you
,
"
he
said
,
his
hot
breath
hissing
through
the
chair
rungs
,
"
I
'll
jolly
well
teach
you
to
sneak
of
me
!
"
"
Murder
!
"
Paul
gasped
,
feeling
his
hold
on
the
chair
relaxing
.
"
Unless
help
comes
this
young
fiend
will
have
my
blood
!
"
They
were
revolving
slowly
round
the
chair
,
watching
each
other
's
eyes
like
gladiators
,
when
Paul
noticed
a
sudden
blankness
and
fixity
in
his
antagonist
's
expression
,
and
,
looking
round
,
saw
Dr.
Grimstone
's
awful
form
framed
in
the
doorway
,
and
gave
himself
up
for
lost
.
6.
Learning
and
Accomplishments
"
I
subscribe
to
Lucian
:
'
tis
an
elegant
thing
which
cheareth
up
the
mind
,
exerciseth
the
body
,
delights
the
spectators
,
which
teacheth
many
comely
gestures
,
equally
affecting
the
ears
,
eyes
and
soul
itself
.
"
—
Burton
,
on
Dancing
.
"
What
is
this
?
"
asked
Dr.
Grimstone
in
his
most
blood-curdling
tone
,
after
a
most
impressive
pause
at
the
dormitory
door
.
Mr.
Bultitude
held
his
tongue
,
but
kept
fast
hold
of
his
chair
,
which
he
held
before
him
as
a
defence
against
either
party
,
while
Coggs
remained
motionless
in
the
centre
of
the
room
,
with
crooked
knees
and
hands
dangling
impotently
.
"
Will
one
of
you
be
good
enough
to
explain
how
you
come
to
be
found
struggling
in
this
unseemly
manner
?
I
sent
you
up
here
to
meditate
on
your
past
behaviour
.
"
"
I
should
be
most
happy
to
meditate
,
sir
,
"
protested
Paul
,
lowering
his
chair
on
discovering
that
there
was
no
immediate
danger
,
"
if
that
—
that
bloodthirsty
young
ruffian
there
would
allow
me
to
do
so
.
I
am
going
about
in
bodily
fear
of
him
,
Dr.
Grimstone
.
I
want
him
bound
over
to
keep
the
peace
.
I
decline
to
be
left
alone
with
him
—
he
's
not
safe
!
"
"
Is
that
so
,
Coggs
?
Are
you
mean
and
base
enough
to
take
this
cowardly
revenge
on
a
boy
who
has
had
the
moral
courage
to
expose
your
deceit
—
for
your
ultimate
good
—
a
boy
who
is
unable
to
defend
himself
against
you
?
"
"
He
can
fight
when
he
chooses
,
sir
,
"
said
Coggs
;
"
he
blacked
my
eye
last
term
,
sir
!
"
"
I
assure
you
,
"
said
Paul
,
with
the
convincing
earnestness
of
truth
,
"
that
I
never
blacked
anybody
's
eye
in
the
whole
course
of
my
life
.
I
am
not
—
ah
—
a
pugnacious
man
.
My
age
,
and
—
hum
—
my
position
,
ought
to
protect
me
from
these
scandals
—
—
"
"
You
've
come
back
this
year
,
sir
,
"
said
Dr.
Grimstone
,
"
with
a
very
odd
way
of
talking
of
yourself
—
an
exceedingly
odd
way
.
Unless
I
see
you
abandoning
it
,
and
behaving
like
a
reasonable
boy
again
,
I
shall
be
forced
to
conclude
you
intend
some
disrespect
and
open
defiance
by
it
.
"
"
If
you
would
allow
me
an
opportunity
of
explaining
my
position
,
sir
,
"
said
Paul
,
"
I
would
undertake
to
clear
your
mind
directly
of
such
a
monstrous
idea
.
I
am
trying
to
assert
my
rights
,
Dr.
Grimstone
—
my
rights
as
a
citizen
,
as
a
householder
!
This
is
no
place
for
me
,
and
I
appeal
to
you
to
set
me
free
.
If
you
only
knew
one
tenth
—
—
"
"
Let
us
understand
one
another
,
Bultitude
,
"
interrupted
the
Doctor
.
"
You
may
think
it
an
excellent
joke
to
talk
nonsense
to
me
like
this
.
But
let
me
tell
you
there
is
a
point
where
a
jest
becomes
an
insult
.
I
've
spared
you
hitherto
out
of
consideration
for
the
feelings
of
your
excellent
father
,
who
is
so
anxious
that
you
should
become
an
object
of
pride
and
credit
to
him
;
but
if
you
dare
to
treat
me
to
any
more
of
this
bombast
about
'
explaining
your
rights
,
'
you
will
force
me
to
exercise
one
of
mine
—
the
right
to
inflict
corporal
punishment
,
sir
—
which
you
have
just
seen
in
operation
upon
another
.
"
"
Oh
!
"
said
Mr.
Bultitude
faintly
,
feeling
utterly
crestfallen
—
and
he
could
say
nothing
more
.
"
As
for
those
illicit
luxuries
in
your
playbox
,
"
continued
the
Doctor
,
"
the
fact
that
you
brought
the
box
up
as
it
was
is
in
your
favour
;
and
I
am
inclined
on
reflection
to
overlook
the
affair
,
if
you
can
assure
me
that
you
were
no
party
to
their
being
put
there
?
"
"
On
the
contrary
,
"
said
Paul
,
"
I
gave
the
strictest
orders
that
there
was
to
be
no
such
useless
extravagance
.
I
objected
to
have
the
kitchen
and
housekeeper
's
room
ransacked
to
make
a
set
of
rascally
boys
ill
for
a
fortnight
at
my
expense
!
"
The
Doctor
stared
slightly
at
this
creditable
but
unnatural
view
of
the
subject
.
However
,
as
he
could
not
quarrel
with
the
sentiment
,
he
let
the
manner
of
expressing
it
pass
unrebuked
for
the
present
,
and
,
after
sentencing
Coggs
to
two
days
'
detention
and
the
copying
of
innumerable
French
verbs
,
he
sent
the
ill-matched
pair
down
to
the
schoolroom
to
join
their
respective
classes
.
Paul
went
resignedly
downstairs
and
into
the
room
,
where
he
found
Mr.
Blinkhorn
at
the
head
of
one
of
the
long
tables
,
taking
a
class
of
about
a
dozen
boys
.
"
Take
your
Livy
and
Latin
Primer
,
Bultitude
,
"
said
Mr.
Blinkhorn
mildly
,
"
and
sit
down
.
"
Mr.
Blinkhorn
was
a
tall
angular
man
,
with
a
long
neck
and
slightly
drooping
head
.
He
had
thin
wiry
brown
hair
,
and
a
plain
face
,
with
shortsighted
kind
brown
eyes
.
In
character
he
was
mild
and
reserved
,
too
conscientious
to
allow
himself
the
luxury
of
either
favourites
or
aversions
among
the
boys
,
all
of
whom
in
his
secret
soul
he
probably
disliked
about
equally
,
though
he
neither
said
nor
did
anything
to
show
it
.
Paul
took
a
book
—
any
book
,
for
he
did
not
know
or
care
to
know
one
from
another
—
and
sat
down
at
the
end
furthest
from
the
master
,
inwardly
rebelling
at
having
education
thus
forced
upon
him
at
his
advanced
years
,
but
seeing
no
escape
.
"
At
dinner
time
,
"
he
resolved
desperately
,
"
I
will
insist
on
speaking
out
,
but
just
now
it
is
simply
prudent
to
humour
them
.
"
The
rest
of
the
class
drew
away
from
him
with
marked
coldness
and
occasionally
saluted
him
(
when
Mr.
Blinkhorn
's
attention
was
called
away
)
with
terms
and
grimaces
which
Paul
,
although
he
failed
thoroughly
to
understand
them
,
felt
instinctively
were
not
intended
as
compliments
.
Mr.
Blinkhorn
's
notions
of
discipline
were
qualified
by
a
sportsmanlike
instinct
which
forbade
him
to
harass
a
boy
already
in
trouble
,
as
he
understood
young
Bultitude
had
been
,
and
so
he
forbore
from
pressing
him
to
take
any
share
in
the
class
work
.
Mr.
Bultitude
therefore
was
saved
from
any
necessity
of
betraying
his
total
ignorance
of
his
author
,
and
sat
gloomily
on
the
hard
form
,
impatiently
watching
the
minute-hand
skulk
round
the
mean
dull
face
of
the
clock
above
the
chimney-piece
,
while
around
him
one
boy
after
another
droned
out
a
listless
translation
of
the
work
before
him
,
interrupted
by
mild
corrections
and
comments
from
the
master
.
What
a
preposterous
change
from
all
his
ordinary
habits
!
At
this
very
time
,
only
twenty-four
hours
since
,
he
was
stepping
slowly
and
majestically
towards
his
accustomed
omnibus
,
which
was
waiting
with
deference
for
him
to
overtake
it
;
he
was
taking
his
seat
,
saluted
respectfully
by
the
conductor
and
cheerily
by
his
fellow-passengers
,
as
a
man
of
recognised
mark
and
position
.
Now
that
omnibus
would
halt
at
the
corner
of
Westbourne
Terrace
in
vain
,
and
go
on
its
way
Bankwards
without
him
.
He
was
many
miles
away
—
in
the
very
last
place
where
anyone
would
be
likely
to
look
for
him
,
occupying
the
post
of
"
whipping-boy
"
to
his
miserable
son
!
Was
ever
an
inoffensive
and
respectable
gentleman
placed
in
a
more
false
and
ridiculous
position
?
If
he
had
only
kept
his
drawer
locked
,
and
hidden
the
abominable
Garudâ
Stone
away
from
Dick
's
prying
eyes
;
if
he
had
let
the
moralising
alone
;
if
Boaler
had
not
been
so
long
fetching
that
cab
,
or
if
he
had
not
happened
to
faint
at
the
critical
moment
—
what
an
immense
difference
any
one
of
these
apparent
trifles
would
have
made
.
And
now
what
was
he
to
do
to
get
out
of
this
incongruous
and
distasteful
place
?
It
was
all
very
well
to
say
that
he
had
only
to
insist
upon
a
hearing
from
the
Doctor
,
but
what
if
,
as
he
had
very
grave
reason
to
fear
,
the
Doctor
should
absolutely
refuse
to
listen
,
should
even
proceed
to
carry
out
his
horrible
threat
?
Must
he
remain
there
till
the
holidays
came
to
release
him
?
Suppose
Dick
—
as
he
certainly
would
unless
he
was
quite
a
fool
—
declined
to
receive
him
during
the
holidays
?
It
was
absolutely
necessary
to
return
home
at
once
;
every
additional
hour
he
passed
in
imprisonment
made
it
harder
to
regain
his
lost
self
.
Now
and
then
he
roused
himself
from
all
these
gloomy
thoughts
to
observe
his
companions
.
The
boys
at
the
upper
end
,
near
Mr.
Blinkhorn
,
were
fairly
attentive
,
and
he
noticed
one
small
smug-faced
boy
about
half-way
up
,
who
,
while
a
class-mate
was
faltering
and
blundering
over
some
question
,
would
cry
"
I
know
,
sir
.
Let
me
tell
him
.
Ask
me
,
sir
!
"
in
a
restless
agony
of
superior
information
.
Down
by
Paul
,
however
,
the
discipline
was
relaxed
enough
,
as
perhaps
could
only
be
expected
on
the
first
day
of
term
.
One
wild-eyed
long-haired
boy
had
brought
out
a
small
china
figure
with
which
,
and
the
assistance
of
his
right
hand
draped
in
a
pocket
handkerchief
,
and
wielding
a
penholder
,
he
was
busy
enacting
a
drama
based
on
the
lines
of
Punch
and
Judy
,
to
the
breathless
amusement
of
his
neighbours
.
Mr.
Bultitude
might
have
hoped
to
escape
notice
by
a
policy
of
judicious
self-effacement
,
but
unhappily
his
long
,
blank
,
uninterested
face
was
held
by
his
companions
to
bear
an
implied
reproach
;
and
being
delicately
sensitive
on
this
point
,
they
kicked
his
legs
viciously
,
which
made
him
extremely
glad
when
dinnertime
came
,
although
he
felt
too
faint
and
bilious
to
be
tempted
by
anything
but
the
lightest
and
daintiest
luncheon
.
But
at
dinner
he
found
,
with
a
shudder
,
that
he
was
expected
to
swallow
a
thick
ragged
section
of
boiled
mutton
which
had
been
carved
and
helped
so
long
before
he
sat
down
to
it
,
that
the
stagnant
gravy
was
chilled
and
congealed
into
patches
of
greasy
white
.
He
managed
to
swallow
it
with
many
pauses
of
invincible
disgust
—
only
to
find
it
replaced
by
a
solid
slab
of
pale
brown
suet
pudding
,
sparsely
bedewed
with
unctuous
black
treacle
.
This
,
though
a
plentiful
,
and
by
no
means
unwholesome
fare
for
growing
boys
,
was
not
what
he
had
been
accustomed
to
,
and
feeling
far
too
heavy
and
unwell
after
it
to
venture
upon
an
encounter
with
the
Doctor
,
he
wandered
slow
and
melancholy
round
the
bare
gravelled
playground
during
the
half-hour
after
dinner
devoted
to
the
inevitable
"
chevy
,
"
until
the
Doctor
appeared
at
the
head
of
the
staircase
.
It
is
always
sad
for
the
historian
to
have
to
record
a
departure
from
principle
,
and
I
have
to
confess
with
shame
on
Mr.
Bultitude
's
account
that
,
feeling
the
Doctor
's
eye
upon
him
,
and
striving
to
propitiate
him
,
he
humiliated
himself
so
far
as
to
run
about
with
an
elaborate
affection
of
zest
,
and
his
exertions
were
rewarded
by
hearing
himself
cordially
encouraged
to
further
efforts
.
It
cheered
and
emboldened
him
.
"
I
've
put
him
in
a
good
temper
,
"
he
told
himself
;
"
if
I
can
only
keep
him
in
one
till
the
evening
,
I
really
think
I
might
be
able
to
go
up
and
tell
him
what
a
ridiculous
mess
I
've
got
into
.
Why
should
I
care
,
after
all
?
At
least
I
've
done
nothing
to
be
ashamed
of
.
It
's
an
accident
that
might
have
happened
to
any
man
!
"
It
is
a
curious
and
unpleasant
thing
that
,
however
reassuring
and
convincing
the
arguments
may
be
with
which
we
succeed
in
bracing
ourselves
to
meet
or
disregard
unpleasantness
,
the
force
of
those
arguments
seldom
or
never
outlasts
the
frame
of
mind
in
which
they
are
composed
,
and
when
the
unpleasantness
is
at
hand
,
there
we
are
,
just
as
unreasonably
alarmed
at
it
as
ever
.
Mr.
Bultitude
's
confidence
faded
away
almost
as
soon
as
he
found
himself
in
the
schoolroom
again
.
He
found
himself
assigned
to
a
class
at
one
end
of
the
room
,
where
Mr.
Tinkler
presently
introduced
a
new
rule
in
Algebra
to
them
,
in
such
a
manner
as
to
procure
for
it
a
lasting
unpopularity
with
all
those
who
were
not
too
much
engaged
in
drawing
duels
and
railway
trains
upon
their
slates
to
attend
.
Although
Paul
did
not
draw
upon
his
slate
,
his
utter
ignorance
of
Algebra
prevented
him
from
being
much
edified
by
the
cabalistic
signs
on
the
blackboard
,
which
Mr.
Tinkler
seemed
to
chalk
up
dubiously
,
and
rub
out
again
as
soon
as
possible
,
with
an
air
of
being
ashamed
of
them
.
So
he
tried
to
nerve
himself
for
the
coming
ordeal
by
furtively
watching
and
studying
the
Doctor
,
who
was
taking
a
Xenophon
class
at
the
upper
end
of
the
room
,
and
,
being
in
fairly
good
humour
,
was
combining
instruction
with
amusement
in
a
manner
peculiarly
his
own
.
He
stopped
the
construing
occasionally
to
illustrate
some
word
or
passage
by
an
anecdote
;
he
condescended
to
enliven
the
translation
here
and
there
by
a
familiar
and
colloquial
paraphrase
;
he
magnanimously
refrained
from
pressing
any
obviously
inconvenient
questions
;
and
his
manner
generally
was
marked
by
a
geniality
which
was
additionally
piquant
from
its
extreme
uncertainty
.
Mr.
Bultitude
could
not
help
thinking
it
a
rather
ghastly
form
of
gaiety
,
but
he
hoped
it
might
last
.
Presently
,
however
,
some
one
brought
him
a
blue
envelope
on
a
tray
.
He
read
it
,
and
a
frown
gathered
on
his
face
.
The
boy
who
was
translating
at
the
time
went
on
again
in
his
former
slipshod
manner
(
which
had
hitherto
provoked
only
jovial
criticism
and
correction
)
with
complete
self-complacency
,
but
found
himself
sternly
brought
to
book
,
and
burdened
by
a
heavy
imposition
,
before
he
quite
realised
that
his
blunders
had
ceased
to
amuse
.
Then
began
a
season
of
sore
trial
and
tribulation
for
the
class
.
The
Doctor
suddenly
withdrew
the
light
of
his
countenance
from
them
,
and
sunshine
was
succeeded
by
blackest
thunderclouds
.
The
wind
was
no
longer
tempered
to
the
more
closely
shorn
of
the
flock
;
the
weakest
vessels
were
put
on
unexpectedly
at
crucial
passages
,
and
,
coming
hopelessly
to
grief
,
were
denounced
as
impostors
and
idlers
,
till
half
the
class
was
dissolved
in
tears
.
A
few
of
the
better
grounded
stood
the
fire
,
like
a
remnant
of
the
Old
Guard
.
With
faces
pale
from
alarm
,
and
trembling
voices
,
but
perfect
accuracy
,
they
answered
all
the
Doctor
's
searching
inquiries
after
the
paradigms
of
Greek
verbs
that
seemed
irregular
to
the
verge
of
impropriety
.
Paul
saw
it
all
with
renewed
misgiving
.
"
If
I
were
there
,
"
he
thought
,
"
I
should
have
been
run
out
and
flogged
long
ago
!
How
angry
those
stupid
young
idiots
are
making
him
!
How
can
I
go
up
and
speak
to
him
when
he
's
like
that
?
And
yet
I
must
.
I
'm
sitting
on
dynamite
as
it
is
.
The
very
first
time
they
want
me
to
answer
any
questions
from
some
of
their
books
,
I
shall
be
ruined
!
Why
was
n't
I
better
educated
when
I
was
a
boy
,
or
why
did
n't
I
make
a
better
use
of
my
opportunities
!
It
will
be
a
bitter
thing
if
they
thrash
me
for
not
knowing
as
much
as
Dick
.
Grimstone
's
coming
this
way
now
;
it
's
all
over
with
me
!
"
The
Greek
class
had
managed
to
repel
the
enemy
,
with
some
loss
to
themselves
,
and
the
Doctor
now
left
his
place
for
a
moment
,
and
came
down
towards
the
bench
on
which
Paul
sat
trembling
.
The
storm
,
however
,
had
passed
over
for
the
present
,
and
he
only
said
with
restored
calmness
,
"
Who
were
the
boys
who
learnt
dancing
last
term
?
"
One
or
two
of
them
said
they
had
done
so
,
and
Dr.
Grimstone
continued
:
"
Mr.
Burdekin
was
unable
to
give
you
the
last
lesson
of
his
course
last
term
,
and
has
arranged
to
take
you
to-day
,
as
he
will
be
in
the
neighbourhood
.
So
be
off
at
once
to
Mrs.
Grimstone
and
change
your
shoes
.
Bultitude
,
you
learnt
last
term
,
too
.
Go
with
the
others
.
"
Mr.
Bultitude
was
too
overcome
by
this
unexpected
attack
to
contradict
it
,
though
of
course
he
was
quite
able
to
do
so
;
but
then
,
if
he
had
,
he
must
have
explained
all
,
and
he
felt
strongly
that
just
then
was
neither
the
time
nor
the
place
for
particulars
.
It
would
have
been
wiser
perhaps
,
it
would
certainly
have
brought
matters
to
a
crisis
,
if
he
could
have
forced
himself
to
tell
everything
—
the
whole
truth
in
all
its
outrageous
improbability
—
but
he
could
not
.
Let
those
who
feel
inclined
to
blame
him
for
lack
of
firmness
consider
how
difficult
and
delicate
a
business
it
must
almost
of
necessity
be
for
anyone
to
declare
openly
,
in
the
teeth
of
common
sense
and
plain
facts
,
that
there
has
been
a
mistake
,
and
,
in
point
of
fact
,
he
is
not
his
own
son
,
but
his
own
father
.
"
I
suppose
I
must
go
,
"
he
thought
.
"
I
need
n't
dance
.
Have
n't
danced
since
I
was
a
young
man
.
But
I
ca
n't
afford
to
offend
him
just
now
.
"
And
so
he
followed
the
rest
into
a
sort
of
cloak-room
,
where
the
tall
hats
which
the
boys
wore
on
Sundays
were
all
kept
on
shelves
in
white
bandboxes
;
and
there
his
hair
was
brushed
,
his
feet
were
thrust
into
very
shiny
patent
leather
shoes
,
and
a
pair
of
kid
gloves
was
given
out
to
him
to
put
on
.
The
dancing
lesson
was
to
be
held
in
the
"
Dining
Hall
,
"
from
which
the
savour
of
mutton
had
not
altogether
departed
.
When
Paul
came
in
he
found
the
floor
cleared
and
the
tables
and
forms
piled
up
on
one
side
of
the
room
.
Biddlecomb
and
Tipping
and
some
of
the
smaller
boys
were
there
already
,
their
gloves
and
shiny
shoes
giving
them
a
feeling
of
ceremony
and
constraint
which
they
tried
to
carry
off
by
an
uncouth
parody
of
politeness
.
Siggers
was
telling
stories
of
the
dances
he
had
been
to
in
town
,
and
the
fine
girls
whose
step
had
exactly
suited
his
own
,
and
Tipping
was
leaning
gloomily
against
the
wall
listening
to
something
Chawner
was
whispering
in
his
ear
.
There
was
a
rustle
of
dresses
down
the
stairs
outside
,
and
two
thin
little
girls
,
looking
excessively
proper
and
prim
,
came
in
with
an
elderly
gentlewoman
who
was
their
governess
and
wore
a
pince-nez
to
impart
the
necessary
suggestion
of
a
superior
intellect
.
They
were
the
Miss
Mutlows
,
sisters
of
one
of
the
day-boarders
,
and
attended
the
course
by
special
favour
as
friends
of
Dulcie
's
,
who
followed
them
in
with
a
little
gleam
of
shy
anticipation
in
her
eyes
.
The
Miss
Mutlows
sat
stiffly
down
on
a
form
,
one
on
each
side
of
her
governess
,
and
all
three
stared
solemnly
at
the
boys
,
who
began
to
blush
vividly
under
the
inspection
,
to
unbutton
and
rebutton
their
gloves
with
great
care
,
and
to
shift
from
leg
to
leg
in
an
embarrassed
manner
.
Dulcie
soon
singled
out
poor
Mr.
Bultitude
,
who
,
mindful
of
Tipping
's
warning
,
was
doing
his
very
best
to
avoid
her
.
She
ran
straight
to
him
,
laid
her
hand
on
his
arm
and
looked
into
his
face
pleadingly
.
"
Dick
,
"
she
said
,
"
you
're
not
sulky
still
,
are
you
?
"
Mr.
Bultitude
had
borne
a
good
deal
already
,
and
,
not
being
remarkably
sweet-natured
,
he
shook
the
little
hand
away
,
half
petulant
and
half
alarmed
.
"
I
do
wish
you
would
n't
do
this
sort
of
thing
in
public
.
You
'll
compromise
me
,
you
know
!
"
he
said
nervously
.
Dulcie
opened
her
grey
eyes
wide
,
and
then
a
flush
came
into
her
cheeks
,
and
she
made
a
little
disdainful
upward
movement
of
her
chin
.
"
You
did
n't
mind
it
once
,
"
she
said
.
"
I
thought
you
might
want
to
dance
with
me
.
You
liked
to
last
term
.
But
I
'm
sure
I
do
n't
care
if
you
choose
to
be
disagreeable
.
Go
and
dance
with
Mary
Mutlow
if
you
want
to
,
though
you
did
say
she
danced
like
a
pair
of
compasses
,
and
I
shall
tell
her
you
said
so
,
too
.
And
you
know
you
're
not
a
good
dancer
yourself
.
Are
you
going
to
dance
with
Mary
?
"
Paul
stamped
.
"
I
tell
you
I
never
dance
,
"
he
said
.
"
I
ca
n't
dance
any
more
than
a
lamp-post
.
You
do
n't
seem
an
ill-natured
little
girl
,
but
why
on
earth
ca
n't
you
let
me
alone
?
"
Dulcie
's
eyes
flashed
.
"
You
're
a
nasty
sulky
boy
,
"
she
said
in
an
angry
undertone
(
all
the
conversation
had
,
of
course
,
been
carried
on
in
whispers
)
.
"
I
'll
never
speak
to
you
or
look
at
you
again
.
You
're
the
most
horrid
boy
in
the
school
—
and
the
ugliest
!
"
And
she
turned
proudly
away
,
though
anyone
who
looked
might
have
seen
the
fire
in
her
eyes
extinguished
as
she
did
so
.
Perhaps
Tipping
did
see
it
,
for
he
scowled
at
them
from
his
corner
.
There
was
another
sound
outside
,
as
of
fiddlestrings
being
twanged
by
the
finger
,
and
,
as
the
boys
hastily
formed
up
in
two
lines
down
the
centre
of
the
room
and
the
Miss
Mutlows
and
Dulcie
prepared
themselves
for
the
curtsey
of
state
,
there
came
in
a
little
fat
man
,
with
mutton-chop
whiskers
and
a
white
face
,
upon
which
was
written
an
unalterable
conviction
that
his
manner
and
deportment
were
perfection
itself
.
The
two
rows
of
boys
bent
themselves
stiffly
from
the
back
,
and
Mr.
Burdekin
returned
the
compliment
by
an
inclusive
and
stately
inclination
.
"
Good
afternoon
,
madam
.
Young
ladies
,
I
trust
I
find
you
well
.
(
The
curtsey
just
a
leetle
lower
,
Miss
Mutlow
—
the
right
foot
less
drawn
back
.
Beautiful
!
Feet
closer
at
the
recovery
.
Perfect
!
)
Young
gentlemen
,
good
evening
.
Take
your
usual
places
,
please
,
all
of
you
,
for
our
preliminary
exercises
.
Now
,
the
chassée
round
the
room
.
Will
you
lead
off
,
please
,
Dummer
;
the
hands
just
lightly
touching
the
shoulders
,
the
head
thrown
negligently
back
to
balance
the
figure
;
the
whole
deportment
easy
,
but
not
careless
.
Now
,
please
!
"
And
,
talking
all
the
time
with
a
metrical
fluency
,
he
scraped
a
little
jig
on
the
violin
,
while
Dummer
led
off
a
procession
which
solemnly
capered
round
the
room
in
sundry
stages
of
conscious
awkwardness
.
Mr.
Bultitude
shuffled
along
somehow
after
the
rest
,
with
rebellion
at
his
heart
and
a
deep
sense
of
degradation
.
"
If
my
clerks
were
to
see
me
now
!
"
he
thought
.
After
some
minutes
of
this
,
Mr.
Burdekin
stopped
them
and
directed
sets
to
be
formed
for
"
The
Lancers
.
"
"
Bultitude
,
"
said
Mr.
Burdekin
,
"
you
will
take
Miss
Mutlow
,
please
.
"
"
Thank
you
,
"
said
Paul
,
"
but
—
ah
—
I
do
n't
dance
.
"
"
Nonsense
,
nonsense
,
sir
,
you
are
one
of
my
most
promising
pupils
.
You
must
n't
tell
me
that
.
Not
another
word
!
Come
,
select
your
partners
.
"
Paul
had
no
option
.
He
was
paired
off
with
the
tall
and
rather
angular
young
lady
mentioned
,
while
Dulcie
looked
on
pouting
,
and
snubbed
Tipping
,
who
humbly
asked
for
the
pleasure
of
dancing
with
her
,
by
declaring
that
she
meant
to
dance
with
Tom
.
The
dance
began
to
a
sort
of
rhythmical
accompaniment
by
Mr.
Burdekin
,
who
intoned
"
Tops
advance
,
retire
and
cross
.
Balance
at
corners
.
(
Very
nice
,
Miss
Grimstone
!
)
More
'
abandon
,
'
Chawner
!
Lift
the
feet
more
from
the
floor
.
Not
so
high
as
that
!
Oh
,
dear
me
!
that
last
figure
over
again
.
And
slide
the
feet
,
oh
,
slide
the
feet
!
(
Bultitude
,
you
're
leaving
out
all
the
steps
!
"
)
Paul
was
dragged
,
unwilling
but
unresisting
,
through
it
all
by
his
partner
,
who
jerked
and
pushed
him
into
his
place
without
a
word
,
being
apparently
under
strict
orders
from
the
governess
not
on
any
account
to
speak
to
the
boys
.
After
the
dance
the
couples
promenaded
in
a
stiff
but
stately
manner
round
the
room
to
a
dirge-like
march
scraped
upon
the
violin
,
the
boys
taking
the
parts
of
ladies
jibbing
away
from
their
partners
in
a
highly
unlady-like
fashion
,
and
the
boy
burdened
with
the
companionship
of
the
younger
Miss
Mutlow
walking
along
in
a
very
agony
of
bashfulness
.
"
I
suppose
,
"
thought
Paul
,
as
he
led
the
way
with
Miss
Mary
Mutlow
,
"
if
Dick
were
ever
to
hear
of
this
,
he
'd
think
it
funny
.
Oh
,
if
I
ever
get
the
upper
hand
of
him
again
—
—
.
How
much
longer
,
I
wonder
,
shall
I
have
to
play
the
fool
to
this
infernal
fiddle
!
"
But
,
if
this
was
bad
,
worse
was
to
come
.
There
was
another
pause
,
in
which
Mr.
Burdekin
said
blandly
,
"
I
wonder
now
if
we
have
forgotten
our
sailor
's
hornpipe
.
Perhaps
Bultitude
will
prove
the
contrary
.
If
I
remember
right
,
he
used
to
perform
it
with
singular
correctness
.
And
,
let
me
tell
you
,
there
are
a
great
number
of
spurious
hornpipe
steps
in
circulation
.
Come
,
sir
,
oblige
me
by
dancing
it
alone
!
"
This
was
the
final
straw
.
It
was
not
to
be
supposed
for
one
moment
that
Mr.
Bultitude
would
lower
his
dignity
in
such
a
preposterous
manner
.
Besides
,
he
did
not
know
how
to
dance
the
hornpipe
.
So
he
said
,
"
I
shall
do
nothing
of
the
sort
.
I
've
had
quite
enough
of
this
—
ah
—
tomfoolery
!
"
"
That
is
a
very
impolite
manner
of
declining
,
Bultitude
;
highly
discourteous
and
unpolished
.
I
must
insist
now
—
really
,
as
a
personal
matter
—
upon
your
going
through
the
sailor
's
hornpipe
.
Come
,
you
wo
n't
make
a
scene
,
I
'm
sure
.
You
'll
oblige
me
,
as
a
gentleman
?
"
"
I
tell
you
I
ca
n't
!
"
said
Mr.
Bultitude
sullenly
.
"
I
never
did
such
a
thing
in
my
life
;
it
would
be
enough
to
kill
me
at
my
age
!
"
"
This
is
untrue
,
sir
.
Do
you
mean
to
say
you
will
not
dance
the
hornpipe
?
"
"
No
,
"
said
Paul
,
"
I
'll
be
damned
if
I
do
!
"
There
was
unfortunately
no
possible
doubt
about
the
nature
of
the
word
used
—
he
said
it
so
very
distinctly
.
The
governess
screamed
and
called
her
charges
to
her
.
Dulcie
hid
her
face
,
and
some
of
the
boys
tittered
.
Mr.
Burdekin
turned
pink
.
"
After
that
disgraceful
language
,
sir
,
in
the
presence
of
the
fairer
sex
,
I
have
no
more
to
do
with
you
.
You
will
have
the
goodness
to
stand
in
the
centre
of
that
form
.
Gentlemen
,
select
your
partners
for
the
Highland
schottische
!
"
Mr.
Bultitude
,
by
no
means
sorry
to
be
freed
from
the
irksome
necessity
of
dancing
with
a
heart
ill-attuned
for
enjoyment
,
got
up
on
the
form
and
stood
looking
,
sullenly
enough
,
upon
the
proceedings
.
The
governess
glowered
at
him
now
and
then
as
a
monster
of
youthful
depravity
;
the
Miss
Mutlows
glanced
up
at
him
as
they
tripped
past
,
with
curiosity
not
unmixed
with
admiration
,
but
Dulcie
steadily
avoided
looking
in
his
direction
.
Paul
was
just
congratulating
himself
upon
his
escape
when
the
door
opened
wide
,
and
the
Doctor
marched
slowly
and
imposingly
into
the
room
.
He
did
this
occasionally
,
partly
to
superintend
matters
,
and
partly
as
an
encouraging
mark
of
approbation
.
He
looked
round
the
class
at
first
with
benignant
toleration
,
until
his
glance
took
in
the
bench
upon
which
Mr.
Bultitude
was
set
up
.
Then
his
eye
slowly
travelled
up
to
the
level
of
Paul
's
head
,
his
expression
changing
meanwhile
to
a
petrifying
glare
.
It
was
not
,
as
Paul
instinctively
felt
,
exactly
the
position
in
which
a
gentleman
who
wished
to
stand
well
with
those
in
authority
over
him
would
prefer
to
be
found
.
He
felt
his
heart
turn
to
water
within
him
,
and
stared
limp
and
helpless
at
the
Doctor
.
There
was
an
awful
silence
(
Dr.
Grimstone
was
addicted
to
awful
silences
;
and
,
indeed
,
if
seldom
strictly
"
golden
,
"
silence
may
often
be
called
"
iron
"
)
,
but
at
last
he
inquired
,
"
And
pray
what
may
you
be
doing
up
there
,
sir
?
"
"
Upon
my
soul
I
ca
n't
say
,
"
said
Mr.
Bultitude
feebly
.
"
Ask
that
gentleman
there
with
the
fiddle
—
he
knows
.
"
Mr.
Burdekin
was
a
good-natured
,
easy-tempered
little
man
,
and
had
already
forgotten
the
affront
to
his
dignity
.
He
was
anxious
not
to
get
the
boy
into
more
trouble
.
"
Bultitude
was
a
little
inattentive
and
,
I
may
say
,
wanting
in
respect
,
Dr.
Grimstone
,
"
he
said
,
putting
it
as
mildly
as
he
could
with
any
accuracy
;
"
so
I
ventured
to
place
him
there
as
a
punishment
.
"
"
Quite
right
,
Mr.
Burdekin
,
"
said
the
Doctor
:
"
quite
right
.
I
am
sorry
that
any
boy
of
mine
should
have
caused
you
to
do
so
.
You
are
again
beginning
your
career
of
disorder
and
rebellion
,
are
you
,
sir
?
Go
up
into
the
schoolroom
at
once
,
and
write
a
dozen
copies
before
tea-time
!
A
very
little
more
eccentricity
and
insubordination
from
you
,
Bultitude
,
and
you
will
reap
a
full
reward
—
a
full
reward
,
sir
!
"
So
Mr.
Bultitude
was
driven
out
of
the
dancing
class
in
dire
disgrace
—
which
would
not
have
distressed
him
particularly
,
being
only
one
more
drop
in
his
bitter
cup
—
but
that
he
recognised
that
now
his
hopes
of
approaching
the
Doctor
with
his
burden
of
woe
were
fallen
like
a
card
castle
.
They
were
fiddled
and
danced
away
for
at
least
twenty-four
hours
—
perhaps
for
ever
!
Bitterly
did
he
brood
over
this
as
he
slowly
and
laboriously
copied
out
sundry
vain
repetitions
of
such
axioms
as
,
"
Cultivate
Habits
of
Courtesy
and
Self-control
,
"
and
