"I am serious."
"But it is such a very odd fancy."
"Your son is a very odd young man."
"I fear he is so—I fear he is, poor fellow! But what will he learn at
Gottingen?"
"Languages and Independence," said Cleveland.
"And the classics—the classics—you are such an excellent Grecian!"
"There are great Grecians in Germany," answered Cleveland; "and Ernest cannot well unlearn what he knows already. My dear Maltravers, the boy is not like most clever young men. He must either go through action, and adventure, and excitement in his own way, or he will be an idle dreamer, or an impracticable enthusiast all his life. Let him alone.—So Cuthbert is gone into the Guards?"
"But he went first to Oxford."
"Humph! What a fine young man he is!"
"Not so tall as Ernest, but—"