[14] Rating: scolding.
[15] Colleagues: associates.
[16] Quit: acquit, behave.
[17] "The Pickwick Papers": a humorous novel by Charles Dickens.
[18] Convivial: relating to a feast; festal.
[19] Levy: a meeting of the pupils.
[20] Premising: saying to begin with
[21] Sent to Coventry: excluded from their society.
[22] Toady: seek favor in a mean way.
[23] Peaching: telling.