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When he did speak it was steadily and cheerily as ever. "Just popped up," he said, "to wish you success, my boy. Keep your head during the viva-voce, and remember that rule about the second aorist." "All serene," said Jack, laughing. "I say, Mr Smith," added he, "if I don't pass I shall feel myself the most ungrateful brute out."
As they had done once before in the annals of his office, the other two selectmen made a party with Sproul's opposers. They signed a call for a special town-meeting. It was held, and an uproarious viva-voce vote settled the fate of the surplus. In the rush of popular excitement the voters did not stop to reflect on the legal aspects of the question.
The examination, which was to last two days, was to begin at nine next morning, and Jack had received a gratifying permission from the partners to absent himself for those two days accordingly. "It will be a pretty hard grind while it lasts," Jack said, "for the examination goes on eight hours each day." "When is the viva-voce portion?" asked Mr Smith. "To-morrow.
I should have mentioned that in July, after going up to complete the viva-voce part of their examination, both Mr. Gaskell and John received information that they had obtained "first-classes." The young men had, it appears, done excellently well, and both had secured a place in that envied division of the first-class which was called "above the line."
The bibliopolist spoke a few words in opposition to my plan influenced partly, I suspect, by the jealousy of authorship, and partly by an apprehension that the vivâ-voce practice would become general among novelists, to the infinite detriment of the book trade. Dreading a rejection, I solicited the interest of the merry damsel.
We should have made it up together far more comfortably in that way and in half the time. At any rate, I determined to go to Browndown, and be good friends again, viva-voce, with this poor, weak, well-meaning, ill-judging boy. Was it not monstrous to have attached serious meaning to what Oscar had said when he was in a panic of nervous terror!
I took a receipt for these important documents. I had also brought up several of the "Forty Thieves" as viva-voce witnesses, in addition to Lieutenant Baker, R.N., Lieutenant-Colonel Abd-el-Kader, Captain Mohammed Deii, and two servants, Suleiman and Mohammed Haroon. Thus all the evidence was in official order: 2. 28th Jumay Owal, 1289, the declaration of the regimental officers of Fort Fatiko.
And how often have we been through it? 'Twice, sir, said Malpass, head of the Form. Mr. King shuddered. 'Yes, twice, quite literally, he said. 'To-day, with an eye to your Army viva-voce examinations ugh! I shall exact somewhat freer and more florid renditions. With feeling and comprehension if that be possible.
The viva-voce portion, which he had dreaded most, had been easy, or, at any rate, the questions which fell- to him had been such as he could readily answer. As for the written part, all he could say was that he had replied to all the questions, and he believed correctly, although time prevented him from doing one or two as full justice as they deserved.
His is a style even better adapted for speaking than for writing, and the peculiarities of diction which he adopts to give verisimilitude to his narratives acquired enormous additional force when exhibited as viva-voce mannerisms.
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