Master Arthur was very popular with the people, especially with his pupils.

The boys were anxious to get into his class, and loath to leave it.

They admired his great height, his merry laugh, the variety of walking-sticks he brought with him, and his very funny way of explaining pictures.

He was not a very methodical teacher, and was rather apt to give unexpected lessons on subjects in which he happened just then to be interested himself; but he had a clear simple way of explaining anything, which impressed it on the memory, and he took a great deal of pains in his own way.

Bill was especially devoted to him.