and indeed, if he be a boy with real scholarly instincts, and he happens to fail in his examinations, it makes it all the worse, for his parents will not recognize those scholarly instincts of his--all they want is a quick return for the money spent on his education, and he will have to make that return from a Rs.30 salary instead of a Rs.50 one.
Can there be anything more pathetic and more alarming than the picture that Dr.Williams draws of the student's actual life ?-- He gets up about 6, and having dressed (which is not a long process) he starts work.

Until 10, if you go into his mess, you will see him "grinding" away at his text-book, under the most amazing conditions for work--usually stretched out upon his bed or sitting on the side of it.

The room is almost always shared with some other occupant, usually with two or three or more other occupants, mostly engaged in the same task if they are students.

At 10 the boy gets some food, and then goes of to his college for about four or five hours of lectures.

A little after 3 in the afternoon he comes home to his mess, and between 3 and 5 is usually seen lounging about his room, dead tired but often engaged in discussion with his room-mates or devouring the newspaper, which is his only form of recreation and his only bit of excitement.
At 5 he will go out for a short stroll down College-street or around College-square.