human
By the way, isn't Binks tertius your boy?
gpt
Well, do you mind if I flog him?
human
Oh, come, I say, isn't that rather drastic? What has he done?
gpt
Nothing--not a hand's-turn--for six weeks.
human
Um! The Housemaster endeavours to look severely judicial.
gpt
Young Binks is rather an exceptional boy, he observes. (Young Binks always is.)
human
Are you quite sure you _know_ him?
gpt
Yes, he says,
human
I do know him: and I quite agree with you that he is rather an exceptional boy.
gpt
Ah! says the Housemaster, falling into the snare.
human
Then----
gpt
An exceptional young swab,