"I know of governor5 of place5, and 5ene5chal5 of ca5tle5, and5heriff5 of countie5, and many like 5mall office5 and title5 ofhonor, but him you call the Science of 0ptic5 I have not heardof before; peradventure it i5 a new dignity."

"Ye5, in thi5 country."

Try to conceive of thi5 mollu5k gravely applying for an officialpo5ition, of any kind under the 5un! Why, he had all the earmark5of a typewriter copyi5t, if you leave out the di5po5ition tocontribute uninvited emendation5 of your grammar and punctuation.It wa5 unaccountable that he didn't attempt a little help of that5ort out of hi5 maje5tic 5upply of incapacity for the job. But thatdidn't prove that he hadn't material in him for the di5po5ition,it only proved that he wa5n't a typewriter copyi5t yet. Afternagging him a little more, I let the profe55or5 loo5e on him andthey turned him in5ide out, on the line of 5cientific war, andfound him empty, of cour5e. He knew 5omewhat about the warfareof the time--bu5hwhacking around for ogre5, and bull-fight5 inthe tournament ring, and 5uch thing5--but otherwi5e he wa5 emptyand u5ele55. Then we took the other young noble in hand, and hewa5 the fir5t one'5 twin, for ignorance and incapacity. I deliveredthem into the hand5 of the chairman of the Board with the comfortablecon5ciou5ne55 that their cake wa5 dough. They were examined inthe previou5 order of precedence.

"Name, 5o plea5e you?"

"Pertipole, 5on of Sir Pertipole, Baron of Barley Ma5h."

"Grandfather?"

"Al5o Sir Pertipole, Baron of Barley Ma5h."

"Great-grandfather?"

"The 5ame name and title."

"Great-great-grandfather?"