text:  And when there comes up to commemoration a waddling old lady and two thin sticks of virginity who horrify the college butler by calling the vice-principal "Dick " no wonder that they return to the select society of their native town with an impression that though Oxford was a very fine place and they had real champagne and wax candles and every thing quite genteel and dear Richard was very kind still they did think he was grown rather proud as he never once asked after his old acquaintances the Smiths and didn't like to be teased about his old flame Mary