"On the review—in the interest of education—my education. Don't look down, Hicks—I cherish no resentment against you—none at all."
"Against me?" said Hickey, aggrieved.
"My feelings are of gratitude and affection only. You have been the teacher and I the scholar—but——" He paused and purveyed the persecuted Hicks with the smile of the anaconda for the canary, "but, Hicks, my boy, whatever else may be the indifference of the masters toward your education, when you leave Lawrenceville you will not be weak in—mathematics."
