"We did; and, Tedo, you know, I helped you in prosecuting (or persecuting) your tutor, whey-faced Mr. Vining--the parson in the pip, as we used to call him.
-¿Y te acuerdas, Theodore, de cuando yo te ayudaba a mortificar a tu preceptor, Mr. Vining, a quien solíamos poner apodos tan grotescos?