toms `First half

    tOM tULLIVERS sufferings during t quarter  Kings Lorton under tinguiser Stelling  Mr Jacobs Academy, life  presented itself to  problem: ty of felloo play om being good at all active games, fig precedence among to y of tom tulliver; Mr Jacobs  of acles, imposed no painful a y of snuffy old es like o e like copperplate and surround tures o spell  foret, and to spout `My name is Norval  bungling, tom for   in danger of ts.  going to be a snuffy scer -  a substantial man, like o go ing ty a bit of om  s o go ing too, and to be generally respected.  ting and spelling:  as   for o reconcile o t ime o be prolonged, and t  to be brougo  extremely pleasant, for it  riding about, giving orders, and going to market; and  t a clergyman ure lessons, and probably make le on a Sunday as . But in tion, it  scer irely different from t to be at a deficiency, in case of aken care to carry  t ticular to be done  to impress strange boys y om, t  illusions of o be cruelly dissipated by  Kings Lorton.  been tnig  to  life, complicated not only in grammar but andard of Englision,  business, made all t of basom, as you ion among boys for ease of address; but ty of enunciating a monosyllable in reply to Mr or Mrs Stelling , t o be asked at table  resolved, in tterness of  t o a neig only  o ain scepticism about guns, and a general sense t elling t notly; and yet it om to despise Mr Stelling as   t Mr Stelling, it lay quite beyond toms poo detect it: it is only by a s t t full-groinguishunder.

    Mr Stelling  yet ty, anding erect, and large lig self-confidence inclining to brazenness. ered on  vigour, and intended to make a considerable impression on er Stelling  a man isermination to puser, in t place: for tal masterso be elling meant to  as a preac alo preacriking manner, so as to ion s sensation y for a brots. tyle of preacemporaneous, on. Some passages of Massillon and Bourdaloue, ive ellings deepest tones, but as comparatively feeble appeals of en t quite as striking by ellings doctrine icular sc inge of evangelicalism, for t elling t to elling o rise in o rise by merit, clearly, since erest beyond ionso a great la become Lord Centions naturally gets a little into debt at starting: it is not to be expected t yle of a man e all impson advanced toune did not suffice for ture togetock of  of a superior flo follo rigorous manner, eit t be procured by some ot telling must go  t alternative ination of ts of success, elling e t  equal to anyted by s a Greek play, and invent several ne selected ttle more tentions to Mrs Stelling; but old t fine o do some day, and s great confidence in ood everyt sort.

    But te step to future success o bring on tom tulliver during t iation concerning anot migellings favour, if it ood t young tulliver,  time. It  om about in grammar  tion of some sternness. Not t Mr Stelling e trary: om at table, and corrected ment in t playful manner: but poor tom y, for o jokes at all like Mr Stellings, and for t time in  elling said, as t beef ulliver! in for it? - tom, to s a pun o a state of embarrassed alarm t made everyto  t  o do in: of course  beef, - ical joking es, from  erious , made ions and survive ts,  sooner aken tter of course. But tion, eit may procure for ary pupil to a clergyman: one is, t of tlemans undivided neglect; tlemans undivided attention. It ter privilege for iatory mont Kings Lorton.

    t respectable miller and maltster  tom beate of great mental satisfaction.  it  a tutor for tom. Mr Stellings eyes er-of-fact  sloullivers o be sure, to be sure, `You  your son to be a man ulliver  Counsellor ylde,  sessions, Mr tulliver t telling  fello unlike ylde, in fact - icking coat. Mr tulliver  by any means an exception in mistaking brazenness for s laymen t Stelling s ulliver several stories about `Songue, t t, ed for tom.  t-rate man ed ion, and knely om must learn in order to become a matculliver  knoion on t is o laug ructed persons te as  at all wiser.

    As for Mrs tulliver, finding t Mrs Stellings vieo t recurrence of irely coincided  Mrs Stelling, ticipating , o tal cer of t contentment to  leaving tom e of e sensible and mottily as could be.

    `t be very ulliver, `for everyt ered silk s a pretty penny. Sister Pullet  one like it.

    `Aulliver, ` some income besides tom ull be anoto  mucrouble eit: eacural to s ulliver, turning ative tickling on the flank.

    Per eacurally to Mr Stelling t  about it  uniformity of metances ood to be under te teacure. Mr Broderips amiable beaver, as t curalist tells us, busied ly in constructing a dam, in a room up tairs in London, as if ion in a stream or lake in Upper Canada. It ion to build: ter or of possible progeny  for able. itinct Mr Stelling set to  ural metilling ton Grammar and Euclid into tom tulliver. truction: all otion ter tterers. Fixed on t observe ted people ying smile: all t sort of t it ion Mr Stelling  biassed, as some tutors ent of o  Euclid, no opinion could iality. Mr Stelling ray by entellectual: on t belief t everyt religion  totle a great auty, and deaneries and prebends useful institutions, and Great Britain tial bulestantism, and fait support to afflicted minds: el keeper believes in ty of t gives to artistic visitors. And in telling believed in ion:  t  tullivers boy. Of course,  manner, Mr Stelling   rest by an assurance t ood ed; for  possible t about tter? Mr Stellings duty o teac ed ime in t of anything abnormal.

    doom as a tupid lad; for t particular declensions into ract as tion beterminations could by no means get suc to enable o recognise a cive or dative. truck Mr Stelling as sometural stupidity: ed obstinacy, or at any rate, indifference, and lectured tom severely on  of tion. `You feel no interest in elling rue. tom y in discerning a pointer from a setter, inction, and ive po at all deficient. I fancy te as strong as telling; for tom could predict  number of ering beone rigo tre of a given ripple, o a fraction ick it ake to reac perfect squares on e  any measurement. But Mr Stelling took no note of t toms faculties failed ractions o on Grammar, and t ate bordering on idiocy o tration t triangles must be equal - t promptitude and certainty t t telling concluded t toms brain being peculiarly impervious to etymology and demonstrations,  implements: it ap try constituted t culture of t for tion of any subsequent crop. I say not Mr Stellings to o me as good as any ot turned out as uncomfortably for tom tulliver as if o remedy a gastric . It is astonis a different result one gets by capellectual stomacion of try as plougo settle not t is open to some one else to follo auties and call t of e irrelevant. It less an ingenious idea to call t, but it  useful beast. O Aristotle! if you age of being `t modern instead of test ancient,  apelligence, ation t intelligence so rarely sself in speec metap  by saying it is something else?

    tom tulliver being abundant in no form of speec use any metapo declare o ture of Latin:  an instrument of torture; and it  until  on some  us, t o call it a `bore and `beastly stuff. At present, in relation to t in declensions and conjugations, tom ate of as blank unimaginativeness concerning tendency of  s trunk of an asree in order to cure lameness in cattle. It is doubtless almost incredible to instructed minds of t day t a boy of t belonging strictly to `tood to al darkness, sinct idea o be sucin on t so it om. It o  ted a people ed till longer to make and , ion irely latent. So far as tom ance  Mr Jacobs Academy, rictly correct, but it  no fart t testament. And Mr Stelling  to enfeeble and emasculate o reduce tonic effect of etymology by mixing it tering, extraneous information suco girls.

    Yet, strange to say, under treatment tom became more like a girl to found itself very comfortable in tioned rig no  bruises and crusom oo clear-sig to be a Mr Stellings standard of te different, ainly somet of t, and t brougact , om tulliver, appeared uncoutupid:  to t into an uneasy condition ion, and gave ibility.  to say obstinate, disposition, but te-like rebellion and recklessness in ure: ties predominated, and if it o  o s ellings approbation, by standing on one leg for an inconvenient lengtime or rapping ely against tary action of t sort, ainly ried it. But no - tom  ten tanding, or strengt given to . It did occur to   some , but as t, y and irregularity of introducing an extempore passage on a topic of petition for . But one day ion, and Mr Stelling, convinced t t be carelessness, since it transcended tupidity, ured ing out t if o seize t golden opportunity of learning supines, o regret it ermined to try  evening, after s and `little sister (o pray for Maggie o keep Gods commandments, o make me alin. tle to consider  Euclid - o see  meant, or ate  at last elling say I s do Euclid any more. Amen.

    t t  t mistake t day, encouraged o persevere in to ralised any scepticism t migellings continued demand for Euclid. But  absence of all  into t seemed clear t toms despair under t tense did not constitute a nodus erference, and since ties,  in tudy, preparing  to get dim over ted crying and  ion of superiority. And to obey t sign ure,  knife and . tom, as I said,  t epoc al development, o feel elling considered som a service by setting o ctle c e a pretty employment for tom to take little Laura out in t umn day - it on Parsonage le c being an accomplis present, ened round , by le dog, during tes in  as t part carrying t of Mrs Stellings o orders. If any one considers toom, I beg o consider t tues  incompatible. e contrives under all ages to dress extremely o yle of coiffure  at elegance and completeness of appointment to  o expect of  s as a nurse elling kneter:   ainly not t tullivers gait, to carry a  y of exercise in long  elling  er. Among telling intended to be more fortunate tirely given up t of  ttle soul as ever breato Mr Riley, ellings blond ringlets and smiling demeanour t rengt kno ic differences mig be entirely Mr Stellings fault.

    If tom ion, ainly ed ttle c oo kind-ed a lad for t - too muc turns to true manliness, and to protecting pity for ted Mrs Stelling, and contracted a lasting dislike to pale blond ringlets and broad plaits as directly associated iness of manner and a frequent reference to oty. But  tle Laura, and liking to amuse er purpose - t elling for teaco play  of playfelloo doat on ing acts of forgetfulness; t ed it as a great favour on  to let Maggie trot by his side on his pleasure excursions.

    And before tually came. Mrs Stelling ation for ttle girl to come and stay ulliver drove over to Kings Lorton late in October, Maggie came too,  saking a great journey and beginning to see t ullivers first visit to see tom, for t learn not to too muc home.

    `ell, my lad, o tom, o announce to o kiss tom freely, `you look rarely! Sch you.--

    tom wisher ill.

    `I dont tom. `I  to let me do Euclid - it brings on toothink.

    (tooto wom .)

    `Euclid, my lad - ? said Mr tulliver.

    `O I dont knos definitions and axioms and triangles and ts a book Ive got to learn in - t.

    `Go, go! said Mr tulliver, reprovingly, `you mustnt say so. You must learn er tells you.  its rigo learn.

    `Ill om, said Maggie, tle air of patronising consolation. `Im come to stay ever so long, if Mrs Stelling asks me. Ive broug I, father?

    `You tle tom, in sucs at t, t e enjoyed to see you doing one of my lessons! in too! Girls never learn sucoo silly.

    `I knoin is very ly. `Latins a language. tin ionary. t.

    `No om, secretly astonis quot;bonusquot; means quot;good,quot; as it happens - bonus, bona, bonum.

    `ell, ts no reason ;gift,quot;  said Maggie, stoutly. `It may mean several t every  means t, as uff pocket-handkerchiefs are made of.

    `ell done, little un, said Mr tulliver, laugom felt rated  t t so stay  ual inspection of his books.

    Mrs Stelling, in ation, did not mention a longer time tay, but Mr Stelling,  s stay a fortnig Mr Stelling e proud to leave tle y of so appreciating strangers. So it  s be fetcill tnight.

    `Noo tudy, Maggie, said tom, as t do you soss your inued; for tion and ion to be tossing it out of  makes you look as if you were crazy.

    `O, I cant , said Maggie impatiently. `Dont tease me, tom. O w books! sudy. `o !

    ` read one of em, said tom, triumply. `tin.

    `No, t, said Maggie. `I can read tory of the Roman Empire.

    `ell,  mean? You dont knoom, wagging his head.

    `But I could soon find out, said Maggie, scornfully.

    `hy, how?

    `I s it .

    `Youd better not, Miss Maggie, said tom, seeing elling lets nobody touc leave, and I sc, if you take it out.

    `O very  me see all your books, turning to toms neck, and rub h her small round nose.

    tom, in t at o dispute  and began to jump able. Aill Maggies  like an animated mop. But tions round table became more and more irregular in till at last reacellings reading-stand, t it ts o t udy oried o t tom stood dizzy and ag for a fees, dreading telling.

    `O, I say, Maggie, said tom at last, lifting up tand, ` keep quiet elling ll make us cry peccavi.

    `s t? said Maggie.

    `O its tin for a good scolding, said tom, not  some pride in his knowledge.

    `Is she a cross woman? said Maggie.

    `I believe you! said tom, ic nod.

    `I t Gleggs a great deal crosser ther does.

    `ell, youll be a om, `so you neednt talk.

    `But I soss.

    `O, I dare say, and a nasty conceited te you.

    `But you oug to e me, tom: itll be very wicked of you, for I ser.

    `Yes, but if youre a nasty disagreeable te you.

    `O but, tom, you ! I s be disagreeable. I so you - and I so everybody. You  e me really, om?

    `O bots time for me to learn my lessons. See  Ive got to do, said tom, drao presently becoming quite beion. It was unavoidable - s confess ence and s fond of ion.

    `Its nonsense! suff - nobody need  to make it out.

    `Aom, dra  so clever as you t you were.

    `O, said Maggie, pouting, `I dare say I could make it out, if Id learned w goes before, as you have.

    `But ts  couldnt, Miss isdom, said tom. `For its all t goes before: for t to say ion 3 is and  get along  go on in Grammar. See .

    Maggie found tin Grammar quite sooter ical mortification; for sed in ne t t Latin at sligly made up o skip tax, - terious sentences snatcext, - like strange s leaves of unknos, brougo ion, and ing because tongue of to interpret. It eresting - tin Grammar t tom  interesting. t fragmentary examples  communis in; but tunate gentleman ed because ion afforded  deal of pleasant conjecture, and se lost in trable by no star, ,

    `Nohe Grammar!

    `O tom, its sucty book! s of to give it s muctier tionary. I could learn Latin very soon. I dont ts at all hard.

    `O I knoom, `youve been reading t t.

    tom seized t ermined and business-like air as muco say t o learn urned to to amuse  titles.

    Presently tom called to and at t end of table, s when he hears me.

    Maggie obeyed and took the open book.

    `om?

    `O, I begin at `Appellativa arborum, because I say all over again his week.

    tom sailed along pretty o forget er, in speculating as to  at Sunt etiam volucrum.

    `Dont tell me, Maggie; Sunt etiam volucrum... Sunt etiam volucrum... ut ostrea, cetus...

    `No, said Maggie, opening h and shaking her head.

    `Sunt etiam volucrum, said tom, very slo o come sooner,  ted for.

    `C, e, u, said Maggie, getting impatient.

    `O, I knoom. `Ceu passer, om took s  on his book-cover... `ferarum...

    `O dear, O dear tom, said Maggie, `ime you are! Ut...

    `Ut, ostrea...

    `No, no, said Maggie, `ut, tigris...

    `O yes, noom, `it igris, vulpes, Id forgotten: ut tigris, vulpes, et piscium.

    itammering and repetition, tom got t few lines.

    `No is  learnt for to-morrow. Give me e.

    After some ing of  on table, tom returned the book.

    `Mascula nomina in a, he began.

    `No, tom, said Maggie, `t doesnt come next. Its Nomen non creskens genittivo...

    `Creskens genittivo, exclaimed tom, om ted passage for erdays lesson, and a young gentleman does not require an intimate or extensive acquaintance in before iable absurdity of a false quantity. `Creskens genittivo!  a little silly you are, Maggie!

    `ell, you neednt laugom, for you didnt remember it at all. Im sure its spelt so. o know?

    `Pold you girls couldnt learn Latin. Its Nomen non crescens genitivo.

    `Very ing. `I can say t as  mind your stops. For you ougo stop t a semicolon as you do at a comma, and you make t stops o be no stop at all.

    `O  cter. Let me go on.

    tly fetco spend t of ted elling, om  y. But sellings alluding to a little girl of he gypsies.

    ` a very odd little girl t must be! said Mrs Stelling, meaning to be playful, but a playfulness t turned on y  at all to Maggies taste. Selling, after all, did not t to bed in rats. Mrs Stelling, s, looked at   raight behind.

    Nevert  to tom. So be in tudy o tin Grammar. tronomer  selling if all astronomers ed icular astronomer. But, forestalling his answer, she said,

    `I suppose its all astronomers: because you knoo talk and  tars.

    Mr Stelling liked tle immensely, and t terms. Sold tom so go to sco Mr Stelling, as  to it again, and s A B C meant: the lines.

    `Im sure you couldnt do it, noom. `And Ill just ask Mr Stelling if you could.

    `I dont mind, said ttle conceited minx. `Ill ask him myself.

    `Mr Stelling, s same evening, oms lessons, if you o teacead of him?

    `No; you couldnt, said tom, indignantly. `Girls cant do Euclid: can they, sir?

    `ttle of everytelling. `t deal of superficial cleverness: but t go far into anytheyre quick and shallow.

    tom, delig, telegrapriump Maggie beellings cified: so be called `quick all tle life, and no appeared t ty. It er to be sloom.

    `om,  suco be quick. Youll never go far into anything, you know.

    And Maggie iny t s for a retort.

    But e lonely for tom, er and  tter since selling so many questions about tin, `I  buy it for a fartten nut, or o Latin - t tom ually come to a dim understanding of t t tunate as to knoin  learning it ton Grammar. t addition to orical acquirements during to an epitomised ory of the Jews.

    But to an end. om o see t yellotering before ternoons and t December snoo  suns  make  t of t y-one sticks deep in a corner of t o a distance,  to limbo, if it ure of sticks to travel so far.

    But it  tin Grammar - t lig o t familiar tern of te and t ideas t it o criticise ty and extension of matter. t in ts became dear to us before ension of our oy: ed and loved it as ed our oence and our o furniture of our early  look if it  up to auction: an improved taste in upery scorns it; and is not triving after sometter and better in our surroundings, teristic t distinguise - or, to satisfy a scrupulous accuracy of definition, t distinguisise? But  striving migions  a trick of tities of our life s in memory. Ones delig t cistus or fucself on test undulating turf, is an entirely unjustifiable preference to a landscape-gardener, or to any of ted minds  does not rest on a demonstrable superiority of qualities. And tter reason for preferring t it stirs an early memory - t it is no novelty in my life speaking to me merely t sensibilities to form and colour, but tence t self into my joys when joys were vivid.