And those facts are that you neglected your work until the last moment and then disobeyed one of the well-known rules of the school in order to perform it.

There is one other thing I might do.

I might credit you with a B on your exercise and report you to the Office for disobeying the rules.

But--er--I think, on the whole, that the first method is the more satisfactory.

You understand, of course, that anything under a C in this test is equivalent to failure ?" "Yes, sir." "Hm; exactly.