[Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookBurlesques CHAPTER IX 34/65
CARRIAGE EXERCISE will be provided at the rate of fifteen guineas per quarter.
It is EARNESTLY REQUESTED that no young nobleman (or gentleman) be allowed to smoke.
In a place devoted to THE CULTIVATION OF POLITE LITERATURE, such an ignoble enjoyment were profane. "CLEMENT CODDLER, M.A., "Chaplain and late tutor to his Grace the Duke of Buckminster. "MOUNT PARNASSUS, RICHMOND, SURREY." To this establishment our Tug was sent.
"Recollect, my dear," said his mamma, "that you are a Tuggeridge by birth, and that I expect you to beat all the boys in the school; especially that Wellington MacTurk, who, though he is a lord's son, is nothing to you, who are the heir of Tuggeridgeville." Tug was a smart young fellow enough, and could cut and curl as well as any young chap of his age: he was not a bad hand at a wig either, and could shave, too, very prettily; but that was in the old time, when we were not great people: when he came to be a gentleman, he had to learn Latin and Greek, and had a deal of lost time to make up for, on going to school. However, we had no fear; for the Reverend Mr.Coddler used to send monthly accounts of his pupil's progress, and if Tug was not a wonder of the world, I don't know who was.
It was General behavior......excellent. English...............very good. French................tres bien. Latin.................optime. And so on:--he possessed all the virtues, and wrote to us every month for money.
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