Rufus took his degree brilliantly; was loaded with compliments; went to spend a while at home, and then went to Mannahatta; to make some preparatory arrangements for entering upon a piece of employment to which President Tuttle had kindly opened him a way.

Winthrop changed his form in the grammar school for the Junior Greek class, which happened to be left without any teacher by the removal of the Greek professor to the headship of another College.

To this charge he proved himself fully competent.

It made the same breaches upon his time, and gave him rather more amends than his form in the grammar school.

And amid his various occupations, Winthrop probably kept himself warm without a new overcoat; for he had none.
It was difficult at home, by this time, to do more than make ends meet.