Tom, however, with the most heroic virtue and gallantry, rushed into his sentence, searching in a high-minded manner for nominative and verb, and turning over his dictionary frantically for the first hard word that stopped him.

But in the meantime Gower, who was bent on getting to fives, would peep quietly into the crib, and then suggest, "Don't you think this is the meaning ?" "I think you must take it this way, Brown." And as Tom didn't see his way to not profiting by these suggestions, the lesson went on about as quickly as usual, and Gower was able to start for the fives court within five minutes of the half-hour.
When Tom and East were left face to face, they looked at one another for a minute, Tom puzzled, and East chokefull of fun, and then burst into a roar of laughter.
"Well, Tom," said East, recovering himself, "I don t see any objection to the new way.

It's about as good as the old one, I think, besides the advantage it gives one of feeling virtuous, and looking down on one's neighbours." Tom shoved his hand into his back hair.

"I ain't so sure," said he; "you two fellows carried me off my legs.

I don't think we really tried one sentence fairly.