Tales of St Austin s — Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Pillingshot was annoyed He was disgusted mortified no other word for it He had no objection of course to Mr Mellish saying that his work during the term and especially his Livy had been disgraceful A master has the right to say that sort of thing if he likes It is one of the perquisites of the position But when he went on to observe without a touch of shame that there would be an examination in the Livy as far as they had gone in it on the following Saturday Pillingshot felt that he exceeded It was not playing the game There were the examinations at the end of term Those were fair enough