If we think of what we were like ourselves before we put on long trousers it helps to understand them." Gaviller raised his eyebrows a little at hearing the law laid down by twenty-five years old.
"Ah!" he said quizzically.

"In my day the use of the rod was thought necessary to make boys into men!" Ambrose grew a little warm.

"Certainly!" he said.

"But it depends on the spirit with which it is applied.

How can we do anything with them if we treat them like dirt ?" "You are quite successful in handling them ?" queried Gaviller dryly.
"Peter Minot says so," said Ambrose simply.