“The children may be mostly poor children,” he added.
“I used to long to be a missionary. I can call it a mission work. Oh, I should enjoy it! But—” and I looked doubtfully at him—“but this course of instruction, will it cost much money?” I asked.
“Our Board of Education will look after that,” he answered. 86 “They pay the Normal School so much for every pupil, and they will also give you one pound every week for your rooms and food. You can live on that, I should say?”
“Very well indeed.”
“The Board will also allow you five pounds for traveling expenses, but——”
“Yes, Dr. Farrar, but what?”
“When you have won your diploma, and have been appointed to a school, the Board will expect you to gradually pay back what it spends for your education.”
“That is right,” I answered. “I should like to pay it back, but if I should die, would my father have to pay it for me?”
“No, no, child! Death pays all debts. You are more likely to marry, than to die.”
“And what then, Doctor?”