human
I know about Robarts, said Crawley;
gpt
Oh, he is in a government office in Somerset House. Not a large income, but safe, and rounded off with a pension. Better than our line, so far as money goes anyhow.
human
I suppose so; but I should not like office work. And Smith, Old Algebra, have you heard of him?
gpt
Yes, he is mathematical master at a big school.
human
And Gould?
gpt
Why, don't you know? It was in all the papers. Gould's father smashed and died suddenly; did not leave his family a penny. Some friends got Lionel Gould a clerkship in some counting-house; his sister Clarissa, your old friend, you know, supports herself and her mother by the stage.
human
Dear, dear, I am sorry for them; it must be precious hard when they were used to such luxury. And that chap Edwards, have you ever heard of him?
gpt
Oh, yes, he is at Cambridge, and intends to take orders when he gets his degree.
human
I hope it will keep him out of mischief; I always fancied he might come to grief, he was such a weak beggar.
gpt
Yes, he was, and is still, I hear. But he has had the luck to get into the clutches of a man who keeps him straight; a fellow as good as gold, and earnest enough to make all the Edwardses in the country believe in him.
human
Lucky for Edwards; if he marries a stiffish sort of wife with the same opinions he will live and die a saint. Saurin would have made the other thing of him. By the by, have you ever heard anything of that fellow?
gpt
Not lately. He had a row with his uncle and guardian, and went to Australia, I believe; but I have heard nothing of him for years.