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Thus
he
would
say
to
George
in
school
,
"
I
observed
on
my
return
home
from
taking
the
indulgence
of
an
evening
's
scientific
conversation
with
my
excellent
friend
Doctor
Bulders
--
a
true
archaeologian
,
gentlemen
,
a
true
archaeologian
--
that
the
windows
of
your
venerated
grandfather
's
almost
princely
mansion
in
Russell
Square
were
illuminated
as
if
for
the
purposes
of
festivity
.
Am
I
right
in
my
conjecture
that
Mr.
Osborne
entertained
a
society
of
chosen
spirits
round
his
sumptuous
board
last
night
?
"
Little
Georgy
,
who
had
considerable
humour
,
and
used
to
mimic
Mr.
Veal
to
his
face
with
great
spirit
and
dexterity
,
would
reply
that
Mr.
V.
was
quite
correct
in
his
surmise
.
"
Then
those
friends
who
had
the
honour
of
partaking
of
Mr.
Osborne
's
hospitality
,
gentlemen
,
had
no
reason
,
I
will
lay
any
wager
,
to
complain
of
their
repast
.
I
myself
have
been
more
than
once
so
favoured
.
(
By
the
way
,
Master
Osborne
,
you
came
a
little
late
this
morning
,
and
have
been
a
defaulter
in
this
respect
more
than
once
.
)
I
myself
,
I
say
,
gentlemen
,
humble
as
I
am
,
have
been
found
not
unworthy
to
share
Mr.
Osborne
's
elegant
hospitality
.
And
though
I
have
feasted
with
the
great
and
noble
of
the
world
--
for
I
presume
that
I
may
call
my
excellent
friend
and
patron
,
the
Right
Honourable
George
Earl
of
Bareacres
,
one
of
the
number
--
yet
I
assure
you
that
the
board
of
the
British
merchant
was
to
the
full
as
richly
served
,
and
his
reception
as
gratifying
and
noble
.
Mr.
Bluck
,
sir
,
we
will
resume
,
if
you
please
,
that
passage
of
Eutropis
,
which
was
interrupted
by
the
late
arrival
of
Master
Osborne
.
"
To
this
great
man
George
's
education
was
for
some
time
entrusted
.
Amelia
was
bewildered
by
his
phrases
,
but
thought
him
a
prodigy
of
learning
.
That
poor
widow
made
friends
of
Mrs.
Veal
,
for
reasons
of
her
own
.
She
liked
to
be
in
the
house
and
see
Georgy
coming
to
school
there
.
She
liked
to
be
asked
to
Mrs.
Veal
's
conversazioni
,
which
took
place
once
a
month
(
as
you
were
informed
on
pink
cards
,
with
AOHNH
engraved
on
them
)
,
and
where
the
professor
welcomed
his
pupils
and
their
friends
to
weak
tea
and
scientific
conversation
.
Poor
little
Amelia
never
missed
one
of
these
entertainments
and
thought
them
delicious
so
long
as
she
might
have
Georgy
sitting
by
her
.
And
she
would
walk
from
Brompton
in
any
weather
,
and
embrace
Mrs.
Veal
with
tearful
gratitude
for
the
delightful
evening
she
had
passed
,
when
,
the
company
having
retired
and
Georgy
gone
off
with
Mr.
Rowson
,
his
attendant
,
poor
Mrs.
Osborne
put
on
her
cloaks
and
her
shawls
preparatory
to
walking
home
.
As
for
the
learning
which
Georgy
imbibed
under
this
valuable
master
of
a
hundred
sciences
,
to
judge
from
the
weekly
reports
which
the
lad
took
home
to
his
grandfather
,
his
progress
was
remarkable
.
The
names
of
a
score
or
more
of
desirable
branches
of
knowledge
were
printed
in
a
table
,
and
the
pupil
's
progress
in
each
was
marked
by
the
professor
.
In
Greek
Georgy
was
pronounced
aristos
,
in
Latin
optimus
,
in
French
tres
bien
,
and
so
forth
;
and
everybody
had
prizes
for
everything
at
the
end
of
the
year
.
Even
Mr.
Swartz
,
the
wooly-headed
young
gentleman
,
and
half-brother
to
the
Honourable
Mrs.
Mac
Mull
,
and
Mr.
Bluck
,
the
neglected
young
pupil
of
three-and-twenty
from
the
agricultural
district
,
and
that
idle
young
scapegrace
of
a
Master
Todd
before
mentioned
,
received
little
eighteen-penny
books
,
with
"
Athene
"
engraved
on
them
,
and
a
pompous
Latin
inscription
from
the
professor
to
his
young
friends
.
The
family
of
this
Master
Todd
were
hangers-on
of
the
house
of
Osborne
.
The
old
gentleman
had
advanced
Todd
from
being
a
clerk
to
be
a
junior
partner
in
his
establishment
.
Mr.
Osborne
was
the
godfather
of
young
Master
Todd
(
who
in
subsequent
life
wrote
Mr.
Osborne
Todd
on
his
cards
and
became
a
man
of
decided
fashion
)
,
while
Miss
Osborne
had
accompanied
Miss
Maria
Todd
to
the
font
,
and
gave
her
protegee
a
prayer-book
,
a
collection
of
tracts
,
a
volume
of
very
low
church
poetry
,
or
some
such
memento
of
her
goodness
every
year
.
Miss
O.
drove
the
Todds
out
in
her
carriage
now
and
then
;
when
they
were
ill
,
her
footman
,
in
large
plush
smalls
and
waistcoat
,
brought
jellies
and
delicacies
from
Russell
Square
to
Coram
Street
.
Coram
Street
trembled
and
looked
up
to
Russell
Square
indeed
,
and
Mrs.
Todd
,
who
had
a
pretty
hand
at
cutting
out
paper
trimmings
for
haunches
of
mutton
,
and
could
make
flowers
,
ducks
,
&
c.
,
out
of
turnips
and
carrots
in
a
very
creditable
manner
,
would
go
to
"
the
Square
,
"
as
it
was
called
,
and
assist
in
the
preparations
incident
to
a
great
dinner
,
without
even
so
much
as
thinking
of
sitting
down
to
the
banquet
.
If
any
guest
failed
at
the
eleventh
hour
,
Todd
was
asked
to
dine
.
Mrs.
Todd
and
Maria
came
across
in
the
evening
,
slipped
in
with
a
muffled
knock
,
and
were
in
the
drawing-room
by
the
time
Miss
Osborne
and
the
ladies
under
her
convoy
reached
that
apartment
--
and
ready
to
fire
off
duets
and
sing
until
the
gentlemen
came
up
.
Poor
Maria
Todd
;
poor
young
lady
!
How
she
had
to
work
and
thrum
at
these
duets
and
sonatas
in
the
Street
,
before
they
appeared
in
public
in
the
Square
!
Thus
it
seemed
to
be
decreed
by
fate
that
Georgy
was
to
domineer
over
everybody
with
whom
he
came
in
contact
,
and
that
friends
,
relatives
,
and
domestics
were
all
to
bow
the
knee
before
the
little
fellow
.
It
must
be
owned
that
he
accommodated
himself
very
willingly
to
this
arrangement
.
Most
people
do
so
.
And
Georgy
liked
to
play
the
part
of
master
and
perhaps
had
a
natural
aptitude
for
it
.
