When I should be at leisure, have due time
To learn requirement. But in evil day—
Bless me, at week's end, long as any year,
The father must begin, 'Young Somebody,
Much recommended—for I break a rule—
Comes here to read, next Long Vacation.'—'Young!'
That did it. Had the epithet been 'rich,'
'Noble,' 'a genius,' even 'handsome,'—but
—'Young'!"
"I say—just a word! I want to know—