"No. Rodney, a bucket of water."
"A bucket of water, Rodney. Go fast and return slowly," put in the professor.
Rodney started briskly, but Mary held him back and looked saucily at the professor.
"Let's bring back the bottle," laughed she, as both ran out.
"First, madam, I am a professor. I hold a diploma from a college."
"You carry it with you?"
"Sometimes."
"You have shown it to leading white men?"
"Yes."
"Well, many a good-meaning white man has been deceived by a college diploma in the hands of a negro."