As soon as I got back I noticed a change in him.
He had got into bad ways, and talked like a fellow who was proud of what he had learned.

He used to swear and tell lies, and other things a great deal worse.

I did all I could to pull him up, and before Christmas I fancied he was rather steadier.

But last term he broke out again as bad as ever.

I could keep no hold of him.