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The Master of the Shell, Hardback Book

The Master of the Shell Hardback

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"Dear Railsford,-I suppose this will catch you at Lucerne, on your way back to England.

I was sorry to hear you had been seedy before you left London.

Your trip is sure to have done you good, and if you only fell in with pleasant people I expect you will have enjoyed yourself considerably.

What are you going to do when you get home-still follow the profession of a gentleman at large, or what?

Term opened here again last week, and the Sixth came back to-day.

I'm getting more reconciled to the place by this time; indeed, there is no work I like better than teaching, and if I was as certain it was as good for the boys as it is congenial to me I should be perfectly contented.

My fellow-masters, with an exception or two, are good fellows, and let me alone.

The exceptions are harder to get on with. "As for the boys, I have a really nice lot in my house.

One or two rowdies, who give me some bother, and one or two cads, with whom I am at war; but the rest are a festive, jovial crew, who tolerate their master when he lets them have their own way, and growl when he doesn't; who work when they are so disposed, and drop idle with the least provocation; who lead me many a weary dance through the lobbies after the gas is out, and now and then come and make themselves agreeable in my rooms when I invite them.

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