The headmaster saw and understood; and he had to make an unusual effort before he was able to pronounce the blessing.
With the departure of Mr. Chowdler the Lanchester tradition, according to one school of thought, received its death-blow. According to another, it was really disinterred and given a new lease of life; and a pamphlet containing some hitherto unpublished letters of the great man, which can be obtained at the school stationer’s, lends some colour to this view.
What Mr. Flaggon made of Chiltern and how Mr. Bent fared with his house, may, possibly, be told hereafter. For the present we will leave them to fight out their battles under the eyes of watchful colleagues and the shadow of Dr. Lanchester’s statue in the great quadrangle.
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FOOTNOTE:
[1] The Badger = Mr. Bent; the Mink = Mr. Grady.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.