[The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Talbot Baines Reed]@TWC D-Link bookThe Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch CHAPTER TWENTY ONE 4/13
The tutor and boy passed in review all the work hitherto accomplished and discussed the programme of future study.
Many were the wholesome counsels the elder gave to the younger, and many were the new hopes and resolutions which filled the lad's heart as he opened all his soul to his good friend. "And now," said Dr Wilkins, "I want you to take me to see your college and chapel." George looked perplexed.
Who was _he_ to conduct a Doctor of Divinity over his college.
Such a hermit's life had he led that he hardly knew the ins and outs of the place himself, and there was not a single man in the college to whom he was not a stranger. "I'm afraid you've chosen a bad guide," faltered he.
"I don't know any of the men, and very little of the place." "Oh, never mind that," said the doctor; "it will be all the more interesting to make a tour of discovery, so come along!" George put on his cap and gown and obeyed.
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