cardley

Updated: May 8, 2025

In six weeks Dr Grayson received a letter asking him to fetch Dexter away to save him from being expelled. The Doctor looked very angry as he went down to Cardley Willows, and the inquiries took a stern, rather bitter turn. "Has the boy been a young blackguard?" he said. "No," said the principal. "Dishonest?" "Oh dear no!" "Well, what is it then disobedient!" "Oh dear no! He'll promise anything."

George Manville Fenn - Quicksilver: The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel