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@1CHAPTER I^
@4DR WORTLE@1^
The Rev. Jeffrey Wortle, D.D., was a man much esteemed by others---and by
himself. He combined two professions, in both of which he had been
successful---had been, and continued to be, at the time in which we speak of
him. I will introduce him to the reader in the present tense as Rector of
Bowick, and proprietor and headmaster of the school established in the village
of that name. The seminary at Bowick had for some time enjoyed a reputation
under him---not that he had ever himself used so newfangled and unpalatable a
word in speaking of his school. Bowick School had been established by himself
as preparatory to Eton. Dr Wortle had been elected to an assistant-mastership
at Eton early in life soon after he had become a Fellow of Exeter. There he
had worked successfully for ten years, and had then retired to the living of
Bowick. On going there he had determined to occupy his leisure, and if
possible to make his fortune, by taking a few boys into his house. . . .
