"
"Yes, school is the approved remedy for being too clever," said Mr.
Ogilvie. "You are wise. It is a pity, but it will be all the better
for him by-and-by."
"And the elder ones will take care the seasoning is not too severe,"
said Caroline, with a resolution she could hardly have shown if this
had been her first launch of a son. "But it was about Bobus that I
wanted to consult you. His uncle thinks him headstrong and
conceited, if not lazy."
"Lazy he is certainly not."
"I knew you would say so, but the Colonel cannot enter into his wish
to have more physical science and less classics, and will not hear of
his going to Germany, which is what he wishes, though I am sure he is
too young."
"He ought not to go there till his character is much more formed."
"What do you think of his going on here?"
"That's a temptation I ought to resist. He will soon have
outstripped the other boys so that I could not give him the attention
he needs, and besides the being with other boys, more his equals,
would be invaluable to him."
"Well, he is rather bumptious."
"Nothing is worse for a lad of that sort than being cock of the walk.
It spoils him often for life."
"I know exactly the sort of man you mean, always liking to lay down
the law and talking to women instead of men, because they don't argue
with him.
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