But we are for training.

I hope my meaning is clear ?' 'Quite.

You would have boxing with the gloves to be a kind of monastic recreation.' 'Recreation is the word, sir; I have often admired it,' said Skepsey, blinking, unsure of the signification of monastic.
'I was a bit of a boxer once,' Mr.Fenellan said, conscious of height and breadth in measuring the wisp of a figure before him.
'Something might be done with you still, sir.' Skepsey paid him the encomium after a respectful summary of his gifts in a glimpse.

Mr.Fenellan bowed to him.
Mr.Radnor raised head from the notes he was pencilling upon letters perused.
'Skepsey's craze: regeneration of the English race by boxing--nucleus of a national army ?' 'To face an enemy at close quarters--it teaches that, sir.

I have always been of opinion, that courage may be taught.