Louis Grayle was ordered to hold out his hand to the cane; he received the blow, drew forth his schoolboy knife, and stabbed the punisher.

After that, he left Eton.

I don't think he was publicly expelled--too mere a child for that honour--but he was taken or sent away; educated with great care under the first masters at home.

When he was of age to enter the University, old Grayle was dead.

Louis was sent by his guardians to Cambridge, with acquirements far exceeding the average of young men, and with unlimited command of money.