John. What do you mean by that?
Charley. No matter. You'd better study Tell's Address, if you expect to be ready by nine o'clock.
John. So I had. Well, you run along, and let me have this place to myself. It's a quiet place. So good by. I'll see you by nine o'clock, with Tell's Address perfect.
Charley. Well, good luck to you. Come Ralph.
Ralph. I say, Ray; what's the proverb about the "thief of time"?
John. Who do you call a thief?
Ralph. A slow coach, that will rob you of your laurels spite of your locomotive memory. Come along Charley.
[Exeunt Charley and Ralph r.
John. Now, who told them I was after melons last night. (Opens book.) "Tell's Address." Won't I astonish those lads! What's the use of wasting time in study before it's needed? (Reads.)