The cricket of the school has been low: seems to be reviving.' 'Mr.Weyburn,' said the countess, after a short delay--and Aminta broke through--'it pleases me to hear of them, and think they have not forgotten you, or, at least, they follow the lead you gave.

I should like to know whether an idea I have is true: Is much, I mean constant, looking down on young people likely to pull one's mind down to their level ?' 'Likely enough to betray our level, if there 's danger,' he murmured.
'Society offers an example that your conjecture is not unfounded, Lady Ormont.

But if we have great literature and an interest in the world's affairs, can there be any fear of it?
The schoolmaster ploughs to make a richer world, I hope.

He must live with them, join with them in their games, accustom them to have their heads knocked with what he wants to get into them, leading them all the while, as the bigger schoolfellow does, if he is a good fellow.

He has to be careful not to smell of his office.