And then Ogilvy will put on sic airs that there will be no enduring him.

Ogilvy and I, sir, we are engaged in an everlasting duel; when we send students to the examinations, it is we two who are the real competitors, but what chance have I, when he is represented by a Gavin Dishart and my man is Tommy Sandys ?" McLean was greatly disappointed.

"Why send Tommy up at all if he is so backward ?" he said.

"You are sure you have not exaggerated his deficiencies ?" "Well, not much at any rate.

But he baffles me; one day I think him a perfect numskull, and the next he makes such a show of the small drop of scholarship he has that I'm not sure but what he may be a genius." "That sounds better.