_Q._ Would either occupation suit you?
_A._ Certainly not; my aspirations soar above such pursuits, and my
health, impaired by excessive study, unfits me for a life of manual
labour.
_Q._ Kindly tell me what occupation _would_ suit you?
_A._ I think I could, with a little cramming, pass the examinations
for the Army, the Navy, or the Bar.
_Q._ Then why not become an officer in either branch of the United
Service, or a Member of one of the Inns of Court?
_A._ Because I fear that as a man of neither birth nor breeding, I
should be regarded with contempt in either the Camp or the Forum.
_Q._ Would you take a clerkship in the City?
_A._ Not willingly, as I have enjoyed something better than a
commercial education, besides City clerkships are not to be had for
the asking.
_Q._ Well, would you become a shop-boy or a counter-jumper?
_A._ Certainly not; I should deem it a sin to waste my accomplishments
(which are many) in filling a situation suggestive of the servants'
hall, rather than of the library.
_Q._ Well then, how are you to make an honest livelihood?
_A.
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