human
How did it happen that you were at Eton, Lorimer?
gpt
My father took me over. He was at St. James, you know, and he thought I would find more fellows of my own class at Eton than up here at Andover.
human
That's modest of you, Lorimer, someone called, from the foot of the table.
gpt
But please remember that I'm an Andover man.
human
And even then wouldn't they accept you for the ministry?
gpt
I am willing to bet that they kept you more strict at Eton than the Doctor kept us.
human
They tried; but they couldn' do much about it. Besides, there was college, you know.
gpt
We all have experienced university discipline, Dudley suggested.
human
It is swift and powerful, and nobody ever knows where it will hit next.
gpt
D' you ever 'sperience university discipline?
human
University discipline is more a matter of theory than of fact, he said lightly.
gpt
If you want real discipline, you'd better go through a course of voice training. How much was my allowance, the last of the time in Berlin, Lorimer? My salamanders were mere tadpoles.
human
he cried gayly.
gpt
It makesh me homesick for the good ol' days in Berlin.
human
You were over, in January; weren't you?
gpt
Yes, aft' a fashion; but 't wasn' the ol' fashion. A studen' an' a married man's two differen' things. I took Mrs. Lorimer everywhere an' to show her grat'tude she took me in han'.