And if His church does not shine with it as it should, men must needs try to add to her light, each in his own measure." Magdalen looked with the greater interest at Radley after having heard what John Clarke spoke of him.

He sat beside Dalaber at table, and the two seemed on intimate terms.
Arthur Cole was beside her, and took up much of her attention.

His admiration was almost openly expressed, and the girl sometimes blushed at his gallant compliments.

She liked the gay-hearted young man, but she was not so much attracted towards him as towards Clarke and those more thoughtful spirits.

Still, she was not proof against the fascination of his courtly address, and she listened with interest to his account of the game he had learned in Italy and had introduced to England, and which bears so close a resemblance to our modern game of football that it may well be regarded as its parent.
This was the first regular match that had been played at Oxford, and considerable excitement prevailed as to what it would be like, and how the players would distinguish themselves.
The forenoon hours, however, were mainly given up to the usual pastimes of May Day.