ou haven't to answer her. It isn't often I don't know what has
happened in the school; but this is beyond me."

"If you asked me I should say seek not to propitiate. When one is forced
to take crammers' pups--"

"He was perfectly well at extra-tuition--with me--this morning," said
the Head, absently. "Unusually well behaved, too."

"--they either educate the school, or the school, as in this case,
educates them. I prefer our own methods," the chaplain concluded.

"You think it was that?" A lift of the Head's eye-brow.

"I'm sure of it! And nothing excuses his trying to give the College a
bad name."

"That's the line I mean to take with him," the Head answered.

The Augurs winked.

A few days later the Reverend John called on Number Five. "Why haven't
we seen you before, Padre?" said they.

"I've been watching times and seasons and events and men--and boys," he
replied. "I am pleased with my Tenth Legion. I make them my compliments.
Clewer was throwing ink-balls in form this morning, instead of doing his
work. He is now doing fifty lines for--unheard-of audacity."

"You can't blame us, sir," said Beetle. "You told us to remove
the--er--pressure. That's the worst of a fag."

"I've known boys five years his senior throw ink-balls, Beetle. To such
an one have I given two hundred lines--not so long ago. And now I come
to think of it, were those lines ever shown up?"

"Were they, Turkey?' said Beetle unblushingly.

"Don't you think Clewer looks a little cleaner, Padre?" Stalky
interrupted.

"We're no end of moral reformers," said McTurk.

"It was all Stalky, but it was a lark," said Beetle.

"I have noticed the moral reform in several quarters. Didn't I tell you
you had more influence than any boys in the Coll. if you cared to use
it?"

"It's a trifle exhaustin' to use frequent--our kind of moral suasion.
Besides, you see, it only makes Clewer cheeky."

"I wasn't thinking of Clewer; I was thinking of--the other people,
Stalky."

"Oh, we didn't bother much about the other people," said McTurk. "Did
we?"

"But _I_ did--from the beginning."

"Then you knew, sir?"

A downward puff of smoke. "Boys educate each other, they say, more than
we can or dare. If I had used one half of the moral suasion you may or
may not have employed--"

"With the best motives in the world. Don't forget our pious motives,
Padre," said McTurk.

"I suppose I should be now languishing in Bideford jail, shouldn't I?
Well,