"Only think," said Roland, "they say I must have another tutor."
"Indeed."
"But I won't."
"What do you want?"
"I want to get away from home and go to a military school! Why should Manna go to the convent? They always say that my mother can't eat unless I am with her, but she'll have to eat when I'm an officer."
"Then you want to be an officer?"
"Yes, what else should I be?"
Eric was silent.
"Are you a nobleman?" asked the boy, after a pause.
"No."