Note 1 — Chapter III · FIRST CONTACTS WITH THE ENEMY
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“Jesso, jesso, monseer,”1 replied the professor, examining the youth over his gold eye-glasses. “You confess that you have missed five times, and God knows if you have missed oftener. Atqui, as I rarely call the roll, every time I catch any one I put five marks against him; ergo, how many are five times five? Have you forgotten the multiplication-table? Five times five?”