Herbert James Draper Lancelot and Guinevere painting

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But not O’Malley. I wonder if I can make you understand why I put him over you. You were the obvious man in many ways. The thing is, some people need authority, others don’t. You’ve got plenty of personality. O’Malley isn’t at all sure of himself. He might easily develop into rather a second-rater. You’re in no danger of that. What’s more, there’s the dormitory to consider. I think I can trust you to work loyally under O’Malley. I’m not so sure I could trust him to work under you. See? It’s always been a difficult dormitory. I don’t want a repetition of what happened with Fletcher. Do you understand?”
“I understand what you mean, sir.”
“Grim young devil, aren’t you?”
“Sir?”
“Oh, all right, go away. I shan’t waste any more time with you.”
“Thank you, sir.”
Charles rose to go.
“I’m getting a small hand printing-press this term,” said Mr. Graves. “I thought it might interest you.”
It did interest Charles intensely. It was one of the large features of his daydreams; in chapel, in school, in bed, in all the rare periods of abstraction, when others thought of racing