. It is not only with bitterness that a boy whom Dawson's had formed would look back on it but also with a dim, confused wonder that he had escaped with a straight soul and a straight body

f God, themselves trained by the place of which I speak, they will understand that

before. He had not been a week in the place before there were very many

, the Captain of the School. He was as a God in Peter's eyes, he was greater

Ferris was kind and talked about many things out of his great wisdom, and then he as

t have understood, but now he understood quite well and he went very white and broke

puzzling and per

o sign of fear and he soon found that, on that side of Life, things became easy. He was speedily le

e First and Second forms showed signs of meek surrender to his leadership. But he was, of course, not happy-he was entirely miserable. He would be happier later on when he had been able to arrange all these puzz

another life that Christmas Eve, t

ierceness and dirtiness of it all, he would not change it fo

nder! Every movement that Cards made was astounding, and not only Peter felt it. Even the masters seemed to suggest that he was different from the rest and watched him admiringly. Cards was only fourteen, but he had seen the world. He had been with his mother (his fath

d of him but rather reserved. He had not many ideas about anything and indeed when he went for a walk with Peter was usually very silent, although always in a good temper. Cards thought G

ed as well as the other boy. One's life was a diligent watchfulness with the end in view of avoiding the enemy. The enemy was to be found in any shape and form; there was no security by night or day, but on the whole life was safer if one spoke as little as possible and stuck to the wal

House, the hills above Truro-remained to