"Wandering about the city."
"Did you see anybody you knew while doing so?"
"Oh, yes! I was particularly favored. I saw Allan Roscoe and Guy--"
"You don't say so! Were they glad to see you?"
"Not particularly. When Guy learned that I was staying here, he
proposed to call and make your acquaintance."
"I hope you didn't encourage him," said Walter, with a grimace.
"No; I told him that we were generally out in the afternoon."
"That is right."
"I suppose you have been hard at work, Walter?"
"Ask Mr. Crabb."
"Walter has done very well," said the usher. "If he will continue to
study as well, I shall have no fault to find."
"If I do, will you qualify me to be a professor in twelve months'
time?"
"I hope not, for in that case I should lose my scholar, and have to
bow to his superior knowledge."
"Then you don't know everything, Mr. Crabb?"
"Far from it! I hope your father didn't engage me in any such
illusion."
"Because," said Walter, "I had one teacher who pretended to know all
there was worth knowing.
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