Try Fairbairn." "I shall want Fairbairn to be the head of the schoolhouse," said the doctor.
"I'm sure it would be a mistake, sir," repeated Riddell.

"If there was any chance of my succeeding I would try, but--" "But," said the doctor, "you have not tried.

Listen, Riddell; I know I am not inviting you to a bed of roses.

It is a come-down, I know, for the captain of the school and the head of the schoolhouse to go down to Welch's, especially such a Welch's as ours is at present.

But the post of danger, you know, is the post of honour.