See here; wait for a week or two, perhaps one of your uncles may find you something to do, or send you to a good school, eh ?" "No, sir," I said; "my uncle Frederick said I must not expect to be sent to a school." "Oh he did, did he ?" "Yes, sir." "Well, then, if nothing better turns up--if they don't find you a good place, you might come and help me." "Help you, sir!" I said wonderingly; "what, learn to be a market-gardener ?" "Yes, there's nothing so very dreadful in that, is there ?" "Oh no, sir! but what could I do ?" "Heaps of things.

Tally the bunches and check the sieves, learn to bud and graft, and how to cut young trees, and--oh, I could find you enough to do." I looked at him aghast, and began to see in my mind's eye rough, dirty Shock, crawling about on his hands and knees, and digging out the weeds from among the onions with his fingers.
"Oh, there's lots of things you could do!" he continued.

"Why, of a night you might use your pen and help me do the booking, and read and improve yourself while I sat and smoked my pipe.

Cats don't come into the house." "Do you mean that I should come and live with you, sir ?" I said.
"That's it, my boy, always supposing you couldn't do any better.

Could you ?" I shook my head.