"Ha, Thayer," he said, "you lead me to suspect that you spent a little time on your lesson last evening.

I am not doing you an injustice, Thayer ?" "No, sir, I put in two hours on it." "Marvellous! Is there any other member of the class who wasted so much of his time in such manner?
Raise your hands, please.
One--two--three--Burgess, you hesitate, do you not?
Ah, I thought so! You were merely going to scratch your head.

Wise youth, Burgess.

Scratch hard.

Set up a circulation if possible.Hm.That will do, Thayer.
Burgess, if it is not asking too much--" Unfortunately--or perhaps fortunately--Clint's showing on this occasion was accepted by Mr.Simkins as a standard to which future performances were required to conform.