h a full purse, a vigorous constitution, a light
heart, and a fair amount of cramming. At Camford he found himself in the
midst of his old Eton chums, and plunged eagerly into all the animated
life and excitement of the University. Boating, cricket, rackets,
billiards, wine parties, betting--these formed the chief occupation of
the two years which he had already passed at college. Reading, upon some
days, formed an agreeable diversion from the monotony of the above-named
more interesting studies. Porkington, however, who seldom placed a man
wrong, still promised him a second class. Hearty, generous, a lover of
ease and pleasure, good-natured and easily led, he was a general
favourite; and in some respects deserved to be so.

Richard Glenville was the son of an orthodox low church parson, a fat
vicar and canon, a man who, if he was not conformed to the world at
large, was a mere reflection of the little world to which he belonged.
His son Richard was a quick-sighted youth, clear and vigorous in
intellect, not deep but acute. He was high church, because he had lived
among the low church party. He was a Tory, because his surroundings were
mostly Liberal. He was inclined to be profane, because his father's
friends bored him by their solemnity. He was flippant, because they were
dull; careless, because they were cautious; and fast, because they were
slow. He had an eye for the weak points of things. He delighted in what
is called "chaff." He affected to regard all things with indifference,
and was tolerant of everything except what he was pleased to denounce as
shams. Upon this point he would occasionally become very warm. If his
sense of truth and honour were touched, he became goaded into passion;
but most things appealed to him from their humorous side. He was tall,
fair, and handsome, the features clean cut and the eyes grey. His
manners were polished, and he was always well dressed. He was full of
high spirits and good temper, and was a most agreeable companion to all
to whom his satire did not render him uncomfortable. Strange to say, he
stood very high in the favour of Mrs. Porkington, who, had she known what
fun he made of her behind her back, would, I think, have sometimes
forgotten that he was the nephew of a peer. He studied logic, classics,
mathematics, moral philosophy indifferently, because he found that a
certain amount of study conduced to a quiet life with the "governor." He
proposed ultim