Still later he recited the double lesson, and so correctly that the teacher's attention was drawn to him.
"That's a smart boy," he said. "I mean to take pains with him. What a pity he can't go to college!"
CHAPTER XVIII. LOST, OR STOLEN
Harry learned rapidly. At the end of four weeks he had completed the Latin grammar, or that part of it which his teacher, thought necessary for a beginner to be familiar with, and commenced translating the easy sentences in "Andrews' Latin Reader."
"You are getting on famously, Harry," said his teacher. "I never had a scholar who advanced so."
"I wish I knew as much as you."
"Don't give me too much credit. When I compare myself with our professors, I feel dissatisfied."
"But you know so much more than I do," said Harry.
"I ought to; I am seven years older."