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He coached the youth of France, for their examinations, in Latin and Greek, in history, mathematics, general literature in goodness knows what not; and his pupils failed so rarely that, when one did, the circumstance became a nine days' wonder.
But the Baroness believed much in propinquity; and she brought the rector and Alice together as often as possible, and coached the girl in coquettish arts when alone with her, and credited her with witticisms and bon-mots which she had never uttered, when talking of her to the young rector. "If only I could give Alice the benefit of my past career," the Baroness would say to herself at times.
He had carefully coached Miss Francklyn to play the part of unsuspected "understudy" Susan saw that before they had been seated in Jack's ten minutes. And she also saw that he was himself resolved to conduct himself "like a gentleman."
Many a Harvard student has she coached in that Old Manse where she resided until her death , and where the writer of this has often listened with admiration to her extraordinary conversation. At the same time nothing could have exceeded the practical wisdom and tact with which her household was regulated. "She was absolutely without pedantry," said Emerson.
So our friend Mr Gordon, wise from many tens of thousands of shorn sheep that have been counted out past his steady eye, criticises temperately, but watchfully. He reproves sufficiently, and no more, any glaring fault; makes his calculation as to who are really bad shearers, and can be discharged without loss to the commonwealth, or who can shear fairly and can be coached up to a decent average.
I've coached a Hamlet with lop ears and a pug nose, a Lady of Lyons that had a face you could chop wood with, and I guess I'm not going to draw the line at a Juliet whose father is president of a trust, even if she is something of a baby elephant!" I heard the wall crack at that, and I suspected Marjorie'd got a shock. "Can she act any?" says I. "Act!" says he.
The simplicity with which she dispensed with explanations surprised him likewise. His son-in-law did things well; he had brought her well coached, callous to all surprises. The master showed her the way to the model's room and remained outside, prudently, turning his head without knowing why, so as not to see through the half-opened door.
At the great white house on upper Fifth Avenue, the servants knew only that they knew nothing. Nothing at all. Already coached, they were sure and unshakable in their knowledge of that. A Mr. Harvey from Headquarters could not budge them an inch. Not one! The night before, at the first intelligence of it, M. P. came nearer to giving up the ghost than is commonly advisable. Suffocation seized him.
Arthur was stroke, and Mellicent sat in front and coached him in his duty, to the amusement of the company and his own unspeakable delight, and Eunice dabbled her hand in the water, and sent little showers of spray tossing up into the air.
Dressed carefully in the close-fitting uniform of the royal guard, taller than most of his fellows, handsomer by far than any, he was the most noticeable figure in and about the barracks. Haddan coached him in the way he was to approach the princess, Baldos listening with exaggerated intentness and with deep regard for detail.
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