"I can't say, of course, now, but I would go to work at something. I am sure I could earn my own living."
"I suppose I could, but I shouldn't want to."
"You're lazy, Lem, that's what's the matter with you."
"I know I am," said Lemuel, good-naturedly. "Some people are born lazy, don't you think so?"
"Perhaps you are right," answered Walter, with a smile. "Now suppose we open our Cæsar."
"I suppose we might as well. Here's another speech. I wish those old fellows hadn't been so fond of speech-making. I like the accounts of battles well enough, but the speeches are a bother."
"I like to puzzle them out, Lem."
"So don't I. How much have we got for a lesson?"
"Two sections."
While the boys are at work reading these two sections, two-thirds of the work being done by Walter, whose head is clearer and whose knowledge greater than his companion's, a little explanation shall be given, in order that we may better understand the position and prospects of the two boys introduced.