[[16]] It was a don of this type who was reported to have written, in a letter of condolence to the father of an undergraduate who had been drowned in Sandford Lasher: "As your son had unfortunately failed to satisfy the examiners in Responsions, he would have had to go down in any case!" Poor Father Maturin! his love of a joke and other good qualities were extinguished (in this life) by the sinking of Lusitania eleven months later.
[[17]] My friend did print it in his paper, adding, "To read this makes one hungry for Highland air and Highland fare."
Appendix
I. PAGE 86.
NOVISSIMA VERBA
(LAST WORDS OF FORTY FAMOUS MEN)
Adam, Alexander (the famous schoolmaster) ... "It grows dark, boys: you may go."
Addison, Joseph ... "See how a Christian can die!"