Id ha let him alone! said the Squire earnestly. We had to beat em, and we did it at Waterloo; but Id
not demean myself by answering any of their lies, if I was you. But I got through the review, for all their
Latin and French I did; and if you doubt me, you just look at the end of the great ledger, turn it upside
down, and youll find Ive copied out all the fine words they said of you: careful observer, strong nervous
English, rising philosopher. Oh! I can nearly say it all off by heart; for, many a time when Im frabbed by
bad debts, or Osbornes bills, or moidered with accounts, I turn the ledger wrong way up, and smoke a
pipe over it, while I read those pieces out of the review which speak about you, lad!