Rugby Chapel, November, 1857.—Matthew Arnold.
[16] Gad-fly: a gad-fly sent by Juno to torment Io, a beautiful maiden whom Jupiter had transformed into a heifer.
[17] Pall: lose strength.
[18] Round tower: the entrance to the head-master's residence at Rugby is through this tower over which a flag generally flies.
[19] Vestibule: entrance hall or anteroom.
[20] Birth-right: here, the highest manhood. (See Ephesians iv. 13.)