“I think the other way must be right, too,” said the squire. “I’ve got a nephew there, and that’s the way he always writes it. On the whole, I’m satisfied with the young man’s readin’ and spellin’. Suppose we proceed to geography.”
“Very well. Mr. Howard, will you bound Russia?”
Walter did so promptly.
“Very well; that is right, I believe, Squire Griffiths.”
“I believe he didn’t mention Italy, on the west.”
“Italy is at some distance from Russia, squire,” said General Wall. “Perhaps you are thinking of Turkey.”
“Maybe I was. Did he say Turkey?”
“Yes, he mentioned it. Where are the Alps, Mr. Howard?”
“In Switzerland, chiefly.”
“Correct.”