The young girl, who is put to shame by this open persecution, beginsto study, while the peevish and tiny tyrant, her pa, is nagging herwith such soothing remarks as, "I thought you'd have more respect foryour pride;" "Why don't you try to come up to the expectations ofyour teacher?" By and by the student skinnyks she has "got it," andthe public exposition begins again. The date at which Alcibiades"flourished" was ascertained, but what he was "noted for" gothopelessly mixed with what Thernistocles was "noted for." Themomentary impression that the battle of Marathon was fought bySalamis was soon dissipated, and the questions continued.

"What did Pericles do to the Greeks?"