“Yes, sir.”
“How far had you proceeded?”
“By next summer I could easily have been ready to enter Yale College; if necessary, earlier.”
“Then you must be a good classical scholar already.”
“A fair one,” said Gilbert, modestly.
“Did you ever think of teaching?”
Gilbert looked surprised.
“I don’t know who would employ a boy like me,” he said.
“You would be competent to instruct a beginner in Latin and the common English studies, I suppose?”
“I ought to be, sir.”