F. Anstey

Name: Vice Versa — 13. A Respite
Author: F. Anstey

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“Vice Versa — 13. A Respite”, published in 1882, is a work by F. Anstey. It explores elements such as Paul, Dick and Dulcie.

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F. Anstey, Vice Versa — 13. A Respite (1882)

“ Paul staggered. Had Dick the brazen effrontery to come here to taunt him in his slavery? What was the meaning of it? What should he say to him? He could not answer the Doctor but by a vacant stare.
'I have not seen him yet,' said the Doctor. 'He has come at a most inopportune moment' (here Mr. Bultitude could not agree with him) . 'I shall allow you to meet him first, and give you the opportunity of breaking your conduct to him. I know how it will wring his paternal heart!' and the Doctor shook his head sadly, and turned away. ”

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F. Anstey, Vice Versa — 13. A Respite (1882)

“ The boys, who had sunk, as they always did, into a state of torpid awe under the Doctor's eloquence, now recovered spirits enough to rally Paul with much sprightly humour.
'He's gone to fetch his cane,' said some, and imitated for Paul's instruction the action of caning by slapping a ruler upon a copy-book with a dreadful fidelity and resonance; others sought to cross-examine him upon the love-letter, it appearing from their casual remarks that not a few had been also honoured by communications from the artless Miss Davenant. ”

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F. Anstey, Vice Versa — 13. A Respite (1882)

“ He stumbled downstairs in a half-unconscious condition, the butler threw open the two doors which led to the schoolroom, and Paul tottered in, more dead than alive with shame and fear.
The whole school were at their places, with no books before them, and arranged as if to hear a lecture. Mr. Blinkhorn alone was absent, for, not liking these exhibitions, he had taken an opportunity of slipping out into the playground, round which he was now solemnly trotting at the 'double' with elbows squared and head up; an exercise which he said was an excellent thing for the back and lungs. ”

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F. Anstey, Vice Versa — 13. A Respite (1882)

“ Bultitude as he appeared at the doorway.
'Stand there, sir,' said the Doctor, who was standing at his writing-table in an attitude; 'out there in the middle, where your schoolfellows can see you.' Paul obeyed and stood where he was told, looking, as he felt, absolutely boneless.
'Some of those here,' began the Doctor in an impressive bass, 'may wonder why I have called you all together on this, the first day of the week; most of those who reside under my roof are acquainted with, and I trust execrate, the miserable cause of my doing so. ”

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F. Anstey, Vice Versa — 13. A Respite (1882)

“ Just after something has befallen us which, for good or ill, will make a great change in our lives, what a totally new aspect the common everyday things about us are apt to wear—the book we were reading, the letter we had begun, the picture we knew—what a new and tender attraction they may have for us, or what a grim and terrible irony! ”

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F. Anstey, Vice Versa — 13. A Respite (1882)

“ I brought an egg on purpose; it's so strengthening, you know.'
'Don't!' cried Paul, with a short howl of distress at this suggestion. 'Don't talk about the—the flogging, I can't bear it.'
'But it's not papa's new cane, you know, Dick,' said Dulcie consolingly. 'I've hidden that; it's only the old one, and you always said that didn't hurt so very much, after a little while. It isn't as if it was the horsewhip, either. Papa lost that out riding in the holidays.'
'Oh, the horsewhip's worse, is it?' said Paul, with a sickly smile.
'Tom says so,' said Dulcie. ”

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F. Anstey, Vice Versa — 13. A Respite (1882)

“ Perhaps, though he did not admit this even to himself, there were more considerations for commuting the sentence of expulsion than those he had mentioned. Boys are not often expelled from private schools, except for especially heinous offences, and in this case there was no real reason why the Doctor should be Quixotic enough to throw up a portion of his income—particularly if he could produce as great a moral effect by other means.
But his clemency was too much for Mr. Bultitude; he threw himself on the bed and raved at the hideous fate in store for him ”

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F. Anstey, Vice Versa — 13. A Respite (1882)

“ Bultitude, feeling very uncomfortable all at once.
'Yes; it is a serious step to ruin a boy's career at its outset by unnecessary harshness. Nothing, of course, can palliate the extreme baseness of your behaviour. ”

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