"His head is big enough."
"Yes, he has a large brain—a sort of Websterian intellect. He is bound to be heard of."
"It is a pity he is so awkward."
"Oh, that will wear off. He has a hearty, cordial way with him, and though at first we were disposed to laugh at him, we begin to like him."
"He's as old as the hills. At any rate, he looks so."
"How old are you?"
"Seventeen."
"Compared with you he is, for he is nearly twenty-three. However, it is never too late to learn. He is not only a good scholar, but he is very athletic, and there are few in college who can equal him in athletic sports."
"Why didn't he come to college before? What made him wait till he was an old man?"
"I understand that he has had a hard struggle with poverty. All the money he has he earned by hard labor. Dr. Hopkins seems to have taken a liking to him. I saw him walking with the doctor the other day."