It was he, as usual, who took the lead in the conversation on this Thursday, and his friends were content to listen, and laugh at his sallies.
“Great news!” said he. “We are going to have a new professor of French.”
“What?” cried Garabed. “Isn’t President Mills going to teach us any more?”
“No.”
“Well, then, who is this new teacher?” asked Archag.
“Guess.”
“No.”
“Mr. Pagratian?”
“Yok, yok (no, no).”