I had only one year to do it in.

My money would not last longer than that.

I recited in Latin, Greek, and algebra, all on the same day, and for the next forty weeks I studied harder than I ever had before or have since.

At the end of the year I entered the competitive examination for a scholarship in Prince of Wales College, at Charlottetown, on the Island.

I had small hope of winning it, my preparation had been so hasty and incomplete.