“For instance, you might tell me why you are opposed to it.”
“You wouldn’t understand.”
“I might; you said, only the other day, that I sometimes displayed almost human intelligence!”
The professor liked to have his jokes remembered; but still he seemed inclined to temporise.
“I might say that we couldn’t afford it. It is generally conceded that Alma Mater is not a munificent provider.”
“Yes; and you might say that my great-grandfather was not an East India trader—only you don’t tell fibs.”
“Or that a sun-dial is an anachronism.”
“You are too good a Latin scholar for that.”
“So a subterfuge won’t do? Very well; then you’ll have to put up with a psychological proposition.”
“How interesting!”