"To be sure. And don't you remember what you got for it?"
"Indeed I do. But that was an accident, you know, sir."
"I dare say it was. And how are you getting on?"
"Pretty well. I am in a bank."
"Adding pounds, shillings, and pence?"
"Yes—rather slow sport."
"Slow, yes, when the pounds, shillings, and pence don't belong to you."
"You are right, sir."
"Well, you might, perhaps, have done better for yourself; you were an able boy."
"I don't know about that, but I often regret I did not avail myself of the advantages that were offered to me."