You may depend upon it there's something in the Latin grammar." "What use has it been to you, Major ?" "Why, the least advantage it has been to me is to give me an insight into the construction of languages, which is some use.

But while I was learning the Latin grammar, I learnt other things besides, of more use than the construction of any languages, living or dead.

First, I learnt that there were certain things in this world that MUST be done.

Next, that there were people in this world, of whom the Masters of Eton were a sample, whose orders must be obeyed without question.

Third, I found that it was pleasanter in all ways to do one's duty than to leave it undone.