works show the poetic faculty which Browning displays in "Sordello".'     

       The Babe looked helplessly at Mr Dacre.     

       'I think you are taking MacArthur out of his depth there,' said Mr Dacre.       'Was there something you wanted to see me about, MacArthur?'     

       The Babe delivered his message.     

       'Oh, yes, certainly,' said Mr Dacre. 'Shall you be passing the School House tonight? If so, you might give the Headmaster my compliments, and say I shall be delighted.'     

       The Babe had had no intention of going out of his way to that extent, but the chance of escape offered by the suggestion was too good to be missed. He went.     

       On his way he called at Merevale's, and asked to see Charteris.     

       'Look here, Charteris,' he said, 'you remember telling me that Dacre was going to be married?'     

       'Yes.'     

       'Well, do you know her name by any chance?'     

       'I ken it weel, ma braw Hielander. She is a Miss Beezley.'     

       'Great Scott!' said the Babe.     

       'Hullo! Why, was your young heart set in that direction? You amaze and pain me, Babe. I think we'd better have a story on the subject in The Glow Worm, with you as hero and Dacre as villain. It shall end happily, of course. I'll write it myself.'     

       'You'd better,' said the Babe, grimly. 'Oh, I say, Charteris.'     

       'Well?'     

       'When I come as a boarder, I shall be a House-prefect, shan't I, as I'm in the Sixth?'     

       'Yes.'     

       'And prefects have to go to breakfast and supper, and that sort of thing, pretty often with the House-beak, don't they?'     

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