But the day was
fast declining: so, after making the poor people a trifling present for
the trouble we had given them, my friend Transit and myself took our
farewell of poor Herbert, not, I confess, without regret; for I think
the reader will perceive by this brief sketch thero is great character
and amusement in his harmless whims. I have been thus particular in my
description of him, because he is always at Montem time an object of
much curiosity; and to every Etonian of the last thirty years, his
peculiarities must have frequently afforded amusement.
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And when Atropos to the grave
Thy silvery locks of gray shall send,
Etona's sons shall sing thy fame,
_Ad Montem_ still thy verse resound,
Still live an ever cherish'd name,
As long as _salt_{2} and sock abound.
2 Salt is the name given to the money collected at Montem.
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THE DOUBTFUL POINT.
"Why should I not read it," thought Horatio, hesitating, with the MSS.
of Life in Eton half opened in his hand. A little Chesterfield deity,
called Prudence, whispered--"Caution." "Well, Miss Hypocrisy," quoth
the Student, "what serious offence shall I commit against propriety
or morality by reading a whimsical jeu-d'esprit, penned to explain the
peculiar lingual localisms of Eton, and display her chief characteristic
follies.
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