This punishment he particularly dreaded, because he was intended for the army, and he well knew that it might ruin his prospects.

The consequence was, that Owen never suffered from him again, although he daily received a shower of oaths and curses, which he passed over with silent contempt.
My dear boy-reader, don't suppose that I want you to imitate Owen in this matter.

I despise a boy who "tells" as much as you do, and it is a far better and braver thing to bear bullying with such a mixture of spirit and good humor, as in time to disarm it.

But Owen was a peculiar boy, and remember he had _no_ redress.

He bore for a time, until he felt that he _must_ have the justice and defence, without which it would have been impossible for him to continue at Roslyn school.
But why, you ask, didn't he tell the monitors?
Unfortunately at Roslyn the monitorial system was not established.