He worked on the sum for the remainder of the recess, referring frequently to the book, but apparently arrived at no satisfactory result.{125}
“Do you find it difficult, sir?” asked Frank, mischievously.
“Certainly not,” said the teacher; “but I think I see why it is that you didn’t get it.”
“Why, sir?”
“Because the answer in the book is wrong,” replied Mr. Slocum. “Ahem! I have discovered other errors before. I believe I will write to the publishers about it, Really, it ought to be corrected in the next edition.”
“Thank you, sir,” said Frank, amused; for he didn’t credit the statement about the error.
“What do you think Slocum says?” he said in a whisper to Julius, who sat at the same desk with him.
“What is it?”
“He says the answer to the fifth sum is wrong in the book, and he is going to write to the publishers about it.”
“The fifth sum! Why, I’ve done it, and got the same answer as is in the book.”