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hundred years or o, would have stirred to tender lyrics the

quills of Prior and Lovelace and Suckling: arched when interested, a

funny little twist to the inner points when angered, and when laughter

possessed herLet Thomas indite the sonnet! Just now they were

widely arched

"I am very fond of the book," explained Thoallantry of these fairy chaps How politely they used to

hack each other into pieces!"

"Are you by chance a university man?"

"No I am self-educated, if one may call it that My father was a

fellow at Trinity For myself, I have always had to work"

"Do you like your present occupation?"

"It was the best I could find" Hoould have liked to throw

discretion to the winds and tell her the whole ?"

"Fairly" What was all this about? He began to riffle the leaves of

the book, restively

"Could you tell an honest man from a dishonest one?"

"I believe so" Thomas had eyebrows, too, but he did not kno to

use them properly Tell an honest man from a dishonest one, forsooth!