is Mr.Girdlestone, in whose house our hero spent four years of his school-days.

Looking back over the past Mr.Girdlestone finds that what impressed him most in B.-P.
during his school-days was the boy's manner with his elders.

He was reserved, very reserved, and he never had any one close chum at school; but apparently he was quite free of shyness, as he would approach his masters without any trace of that timidity which too often marks the commerce of boy with master.

On an afternoon's walk, for instance, B.-P.

would not be found among the boys, but side by side deep in conversation with his master.