fred-though

Updated: May 28, 2025

I was no dunce, nor was Fred-though he was below me in class so that we had not even a grievance in connection with our lessons. This made me feel as if there would be something mean and almost dishonourable in running away from school. "I think it would not be fair to the Doctor," said I; "it would look as if he had driven us to it, and he hasn't. We had better wait till the holidays."

Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing - A Great Emergency and Other Tales