What the dickens was he to write about?
Mr.Daley had announced that the composition must contain not less than twelve hundred words.
That approximated six pages in a blue-book.

Steve sighed, frowned, shook his head and finally shrugged his shoulders.

After all, there was no use worrying about that yet.

There still remained three days for the composition, and the most important thing now was to make a showing in Latin.

French could wait.