When a fellow goes after the Eagle award, he ought to have a manager, that's what I say.

He ought to have a manager to plan things out for him.

I tried to manage my own campaign and now I'm stuck--with a capital S." "How many merits have you got ?" Tom asked him.
"Twenty," Hervey said, "twenty and two-thirds.

Just a fraction more and I'd have gone over the top." "You mean a sub-division ?" Tom asked.
"That's where the little _but_ comes in," Hervey said.

"B-u-t, but.