“Yes, I think I do.”
“Then a line is length without breadth—that is, if I draw an imaginary line from here to the moon, that line has length, but it has no breadth. Now think over these, and learn them again to-morrow, and you may go out and join the other boys in the playground.”
It was quite a relief to me to have this conversation with Mr Hostler, for I felt that I could learn after a time, though at first I experienced all the difficulties of novelty in everything I attempted.
Chapter Four.
Experiences at School—My First Fight.
On entering the playground I saw about forty boys amusing themselves in various ways. Some were jumping with a pole, others were leaping over a tape, whilst several were talking in groups. As I approached the ground, I heard several boys call out, “Here he is!”
“Now where’s Fraser?” whilst eight or ten boys came round me, and seemed looking at me as a curiosity.
“You’re going to be an engineer, aren’t you?” said one boy.