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The list of toasts disposed of, Mr Dorrit urbanely went through the motions of playing a game of skittles with the Collegian who was the next oldest inhabitant to himself; and left the tenantry to their diversions. But all these occurrences preceded the final day.
The fact is, that, in spite of his efforts to assume the air of a grave statesman, he was as impatient, and as vain of his love, as a young collegian hurrying to his first rendezvous with his beloved. During dinner he had been sullen and silent; now he became talkative, and chatted away, without troubling himself about the silence of his companion. To be sure, Daniel did not even listen.
It has been bad enough to have been anticipating this, without having it go straight through one like a cannon-ball. Of course it is no use to reason with you I gave that up just after I had assumed that you were a small boy whom it was the duty of a big collegian to protect, and you nearly demolished my not too handsome visage with your astonishing fists for contradicting you. But I am sorry.
The fellow had only encouraged him because it flattered his vanity to be looked up to the way Rex had looked up to the collegian. But he had no time now for self reproaches. He must decide what he should do. He looked at his watch. It was ten minutes to one. He did not remember to have been up so late in his life. But he did not feel sleepy. He was far too excited for that.
Miss Hicks voted at all the elections along with the rest of the herd, and as far as I know no rude collegian came around and broke into her studies by taking her anywhere. Commencement came and we all went home, and I forgot all about her.
The collegian looked somewhat concerned. Barry stopped breathing. "Well," continued Welty, "you mayn't believe it, for we've kept it really quiet, one of them girls is really dead gone on me." The collegian opened his mouth wide, and Barry began to nervously tap his hand upon the table. "It's the one," said Welty, "who wears the big blond wig. Her name's Emi "
You have forgotten, or perhaps never knew, that Motley's first appearance in print was in the 'Collegian. He brought me one day, in a very modest mood, a translation from Goethe, which I was most happy to oblige him by inserting. It was very prettily done, and will now be a curiosity. . . . How it happened that Motley wrote only one piece I do not remember.
The collegian looked restless, as if the conversation had gotten beyond his depth. Barry remained silent, and with a flattering aspect of great interest in Welty's observations.
A Sidney collegian of Cambridge, he began life as an usher in the celebrated school of Thomas Farnably, another great man of whom you never heard, O Don! a famous school, in Goldsmith's Rents, near Red-Cross Street, in the Parish of St. Giles, Cripplegate.
He walked to and from Boston to save omnibus fares, had no carpet on his college room and had no chore-man to black his boots and fetch his water and fuel. This, however, was the usual custom in his day with all but the rich collegian. The necessities of life did not then demand so high a rate of ``living wage'' as to-day. He entered on this sea experience with his eyes open.
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