Jack Harkaway's Adventures at Oxford (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Jack Harkaway's Adventures at Oxford Jack found Sir Sydney installed in his rooms. "Ah, dear boy, " said Sir Sydney, with a languid air. "Glad to see you. Making myself at home. "So I perceive, " answered Jack. "Fact is, I'm getting used up, " continued Sir Sydney. "I wish the dons would send me down for a year, so that I might recruit in the country." "Have a quiet evening with me. I'm reading - " "For goodness' sake don't talk about reading, " interrupted the baronet, "I hate grinding, and never was a sap." Turning to Monday, he added - "My black friend, in you I recognise a man and a brother. Perform the Christian operation of giving me some B. in my S." Monday poured a fresh quantity of brandy in the seltzer. "I am better, let the fact be written in gold, " said Sir Sydney. "I say, Harkaway - redoubtable athlete that thou art - strong man, tell me if you can make a speech?" "Why?" "Because to-night you must come with me to the 'Vags.'" "And what are the 'Vags'?" "Allow me to enlighten your darkness, " replied Sir Sydney. "The 'Vags is an institution. Certain members of the university are disgusted with the dry nature of the debates at the Union, and they have formed an anti-union society or discussion club, where everybody can quarrel to his heart's content." "Oh, it is a debating club?" said Jack. "Exactly. We call ourselves the 'Vagrants' or 'Vags.' Our President is your worthy friend, Mr. Mole, to whose genius we owe the origin of the society." "Is Mole one of you?" "Did I not say so?" "I thought he was living in the country with his wife and children." "So he is, but that does not prevent him feeling bored, like many other married men, and wishing to spend his evenings abroad." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.