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Title: Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate

Author: Charles Turley

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GODFREY MARTEN

UNDERGRADUATE

BY

CHARLES TURLEY

AUTHOR OF 'GODFREY MARTEN, SCHOOLBOY'

LONDON

WILLIAM HEINEMANN

1904

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CONTENTS

CHAP.

I. OXFORD
II. INTERVIEWS
III. THE RESULT OF THE FRESHERS' MATCH
IV. UNEXPECTED PEOPLE
V. THE WINE
VI. JACK WARD AND DENNISON
VII. THE INN AT SAMPFORD
VIII. LUNCHEON WITH THE WARDEN
IX. A SURPRISE
X. MY MAIDEN SPEECH
XI. A CRICKET MATCH AT BURTINGTON
XII. THE USE AND ABUSE OF AN ESSAY
XIII. NINA COMES TO OXFORD
XIV. GUIDE, HOST AND NURSE
XV. MISHAPS
XVI. THE SCHEMES OF DENNISON
XVII. THE PROFESSOR AND HIS SON
XVIII. THE ENERGY OF JACK WARD
XIX. THE WARDEN AND THE BRADDER
XX. THE HEDONISTS
XXI. ONE WORD TOO MANY
XXII. A TUTORSHIP
XXIII. OUR LAST YEAR

CHAPTER I

OXFORD

The night before I left home for Oxford I had a talk with my father.
He was not of the sentimental kind, but I knew that he had a rare
fondness for my brother, my sister Nina and myself, and I have never
had a moment when I did not return his affection. He had always been
bothered by my lack of seriousness, and he doubted whether I should
really get the best out of 'Varsity life. After telling me that the
time had come for me to treat things more seriously, he finished up by
saying: "I am going to give you two hundred pounds a year, which is
more than I can afford, and which, with your exhibition, must be enough
for you. I have put that amount to your credit in the bank at Oxford,
and I don't expect to hear anything about money from you either during
the term or when you are at home. You ought to know by this time what
money is worth, and that debt is a thing you must avoid. Be a man,
Godfrey, and don't forget that the first step