'
'You didn't tell me that.'
'I was determined I would go. I wasn't going to be made a child
of.'
At last it was decided that the two brothers should go down to
Cambridge together. Silverbridge would be able to come back to
London the same evening, so as to take his drag down to the Oaks
on the Friday,--a duty from which even his present misery would not
deter him. They reached Cambridge at about three, and Lord
Silverbridge at once called at the Master's lodge and sent in his
card. The Master of Trinity is so great that he cannot be supposed
to see all comers, but on this occasion Lord Silverbridge was
fortunate. With much trepidation he told his story. Such being the
circumstances, could anything be done to moderate the vials of
wrath which must doubtless be poured out over the head of his
unfortunate brother?
'Why come to me?' said the Master. 'From what you say yourself, it
is evident that you know that must rest with the College tutor.'
'I thought, sir, if you could say a word.'
'Do you think that it would be right that I should interfere for
one special man, and that a man of special rank?'
'Nobody thinks that would count for anything.
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