‘We shall be dead when he’s grown up,’ said Guy.
‘I think Hugo is just as grown up as any of you,’ said Mollie. ‘I don’t think he will ever be different.’
‘Should we like it if he was different?’ I said.
George looked slowly round at me.
‘Well, no,’ he said. ‘I think Helen is right. We grumble at Hugo sometimes, but we shouldn’t like him different,’
IX
Hugo and George went in for their examinations. George got a first and Hugo a second.
Walter was in for the same examination; I remember seeing his name in the list.
After that they were in London for the Civil Service Examination.
George did well in that too, but Hugo did not. His name was a long way down in the list, and they said he might not get a post at all. Cousin John was worried about it.