He asked Fulbert to allow him to call.

The good old swivel saw here a rare opportunity: his niece, whom he so much loved, would absorb knowledge from this man, and it would not cost him a cent.

Such was Fulbert--penurious.
Fulbert's first name is not mentioned by any author, which is unfortunate.

However, George W.Fulbert will answer for him as well as any other.

We will let him go at that.