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likewise I noticed did the same. So when my stranger 

 stopped in front of the Greek party to give him a name, 

 whilst, after reading the inscription, he translated it as 

 a matter of course, I was so struck with the performance 

 that I remarked, " What a wonderful thing that a man 

 of your age should recollect his school-boy's Greek as well 

 as you do ! Are you sure you are right ? " A merry 

 twinkle came to his eyes, while the next second Bonnor's 

 pleasant voice called, from the top of the steps whither 

 he had come to meet us, " Grimble, let me introduce you 

 to Mr. Matthew Arnold." In a second it flashed across 

 me I had been thus lightly talking to one who was 

 acknowledged to be the greatest Greek scholar of the 

 day ! The deed was done, and though at first my face 

 fell, the ludicrous side of this matter presented itself so 

 forcibly that it was impossible to help laughing. In 

 this the great man joined most heartily, and the matter 

 being explained to host and hostess, they too entered 

 into the joke, which was followed by a merry lunch. 



Mr. Arnold made me quite happy later on by saying, 

 " Well, even if I do know a little more about a dead 



