I wasn't either." "Did you find the boys unmanageable ?" "No--not more than other boys--all boys, of course, are the sworn foes of law and order, and nobody imagines anything else.

No, your difficulties, if you have anything like my luck, will be more with your colleagues than your subjects." "And how do they make themselves objectionable ?" asked the new master, rather contemptuously.
Mr Moss did not miss the tone of this question, and fired up himself.
"Of course, if _you_ don't mind being systematically snubbed at head- quarters--thwarted and slandered by your fellow-masters--baulked in every attempt to improve the condition either of your house or the school--and misrepresented and undermined in your influence among your boys, you may go up and enjoy it.

I didn't.

That's why I left." "At any rate, I have one friend among the masters--Grover." "Oh, poor Grover.

He is the only master who can get on at all, and he does so by effacing himself on every possible occasion, and agreeing with everybody." "Not a very noble character to hear of one's friend," said Railsford, who was beginning to get tired of this jeremiad.
"I don't blame him; he can stand more than you or I can." "That, I suppose, is meant for a compliment to me ?" said Railsford, laughing.