eight-o'clock-school

Updated: June 1, 2025

"How old are you, Graham?" asked my future tutor. "Nine, if you please, sir." "Can you do sense-verses?" "No, sir, only nonsense ones." "Well, you are placed in the upper Greek; be in eight-o'clock-school to-morrow. Graham," calling me back, "take this order to the book-seller, and he will give you the requisite school-books.

I. E. M. - Confessions of an Etonian