Goodbye Mr. Chips
“Chips 7 And so it stood, a warm and vivid patch in his life, casting a radiance that glowed in a thousand recollections. Twilight at Mrs. Wickett's, when the School bell clanged for call-over, brought them back to him in a cloud--Katherine scampering along the stone corridors, laughing beside him at some "howler" in an essay he was marking, taking the cello part in a Mozart trio for the School concert, her creamy arm sweeping over the brown sheen of the instrument. She had been a good player an...d a fine musician. And Katherine furred and muffed for the December house matches, Katherine at the Garden Party that followed Speech Day Prize-giving, Katherine tendering her advice in any little problem that arose. Good advice, too--which he did not always take, but which always influenced him."Chips, dear, I'd let them off if I were you. After all, it's nothing very serious.""I know. I'd like to let them off, but if I do I'm afraid they'll do it again.""Try telling them that, frankly, and give them the chance.""I might."And there were other things, occasionally, that were serious."You know, Chips, having all these hundreds of boys cooped up here is really an unnatural arrangement, when you come to think about it.MoreLess
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