Thorneycroft Huxtable,
of the Priory School, near Mackleton, has to do with the matter,
and why he comes three days after an event -- the state of your
chin gives the date -- to ask for my humble services."
Our visitor had consumed his milk and biscuits. The light had
come back to his eyes and the colour to his cheeks as he set
himself with great vigour and lucidity to explain the situation.
"I must inform you, gentlemen, that the Priory is a preparatory
school, of which I am the founder and principal. `Huxtable's
Sidelights on Horace' may possibly recall my name to your
memories. The Priory is, without exception, the best and most
select preparatory school in England. Lord Leverstoke, the Earl
of Blackwater, Sir Cathcart Soames -- they all have entrusted
their sons to me. But I felt that my school had reached its
zenith when, three weeks ago, the Duke of Holdernesse sent
Mr. James Wilder, his secretary, with the intimation that young
Lord Saltire, ten years old, his only son and heir, was about
to be committed to my charge. Little did I think that this
would be the prelude to the most crushing misfortune of my life.
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