Mr.Woodstock and I quarrelled; he showed himself worthy of his name, and told me plainly that, if I didn't choose to take his advice, I must shift for myself.

That I professed myself perfectly ready to do; I was bent on an intellectual life, forsooth; couldn't see that the natural order of things was to make money first and be intellectual afterwards.

So, lad as I was, I got a place as a teacher, and that's been my business ever since." Waymark threw himself back and laughed carelessly.

He strummed a little with his fingers on the arm of the chair, and resumed: "I interested myself in religion and philosophy; I became an aggressive disciple of free-thought, as it is called.

Radicalism of every kind broke out in me, like an ailment.