“Then comes your breakfast. Eat as much as you can; it is the foundation of a good day’s work in the Vineyard. But what is this?—a note from your Tutor. Off you go at the appointed time, and as you may be somewhat nervous and diffident I will give you a little Paradigm,[41] as it were, of a Freshman meeting his Tutor for the first time.
“[The Student enters, and as he is half way through the door says:—]
“St.—Good morning! Have you noticed what the papers say about—[Here mention some prominent subject of the day.]
“[The Tutor does not answer but goes on writing in a little book; at last he looks up and says:—]
“Tut.—Pray, what is your name?
“St.—M. or N.
“Tut.—What have you read before coming up, Mr. ⸺?
“St.—The existing Latin authors from Ennius to Sidonius Apollinaris, with their fragments. The Greek from Sappho to Origen including Bacchylides.
[The Tutor makes a note of this and resumes....]
“Tut.—Have you read the Gospels?