But you should see the contemptuous glance of the latter as they pass the sons of shopkeepers: "Tradespeople's sons, I believe!"
Here is a little sample conversation I caught as I passed two boys watching a game of cricket in the playground.
"Clever chap, So-and-So!" said one.
"And a nice fellow too, isn't he?" said the other.
"By-the-bye, did you know his father was a chemist?"
"A chemist! No!" exclaimed the dear boy in a subdued tone, as if the news had taken his breath away. "A chemist! you don't mean to say so. What mistakes we are liable to make, to be sure! I always thought he was a gentleman."
XV.
He can not Speak French, but he can Read it, you know. — He has a try at it in Paris. — Nasal Sounds and Accented Syllables. — How I Reduced English Words to Single Syllables, and was Successful in the Object i had in View. — A Remark on the Connection of Words.