I will just call him in if you don't mind; he came in just before you." In a couple of minutes he came in with a man of similar height and somewhat similar figure to Mark.
"This is Gibbons, sir, ex-champion, and like enough he might be champion now if he chose; as fine a boxer as ever stripped, but he is ring maker now to the P.C.and it suits him better to do that and to teach, than to have a chance of getting a battle once a year or so." "Have you a great many pupils, Gibbons ?" The man shook his head.
"I am too big, sir; gentlemen like to learn from someone about their own weight, or perhaps a bit lighter, and there are not many of them who would care to stand up against a man who has been champion, and so I have plenty of time on my hands.

I am a hard hitter, too, even with the gloves; that is one reason why Jack had best take you on until you get a little handy with your fists.

I do more in the dog fancier line than I do with boxing, but there is nothing I like better than getting the gloves on with an amateur who is likely to be a credit to me.

That is my card, sir; you will find me in pretty nearly any time of the day, and I have got a place behind the house where I do teaching when I get a chance.

It is handy in one way, because you can drop in and take a lesson any time you like." "That would suit me exceedingly well," Mark said; "and when I have had a couple of months with Needham I will come to you." Mark now put on his clothes again, and they went out together, and re-entered a few minutes later, when the door was open.