HURST & BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1857. [The right of Translation is reserved.] 249. W. 503. CUTHBERT ST. ELME, M.P. CHAPTER I. MY TUTOR'S. IN the midst of a somewhat dreary moor stood the educational establishment owning the sway of the Reverend Edgar Burton. It was an old Elizabethan house, the principal portion whereof was occupied by the person and family of the Reverend Edgar. Two wings were devoted to his VOL. I. B servants, and to the select few his disciples. These consisted of two departments, limited in number, and chiefly belonging to the higher classes of society. The senior division was composed of young men of family about to enter the university or the army. The junior, as its name implies, was confined to younger scions. All however shared equally the advantages of Mr. Burton's system, and the concomitant luxuries. That worthy gentleman, duly sensible of the influence possessed by the rising generation, was in nowise parsimonious of the resources lavishly bestowed on him by their parents. Well he knew to welcome the coming as to speed the parting landed proprietors. For the latter, polished English carried flattering reports to the ears of a delighted parent. For the former, easy knowledge, much amuse |