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96 Nie. (with a cunning smile) I don't think I could find such a schoolmaster.

Min. Ah, crafty man! You evade the question! I can't resist giving you just one more tit-bit—the definition of a Square, at p. 123.

'A quadrilateral which is a kite, a symmetrical trapezium, and a parallelogram is a Square'!

And now, farewell, Henrici! 'Euclid, with all thy faults, I love thee still!' Indeed I might say 'with twice thy faults,' or 'with thrice thy faults,' if the alternative be Henrici! (returns the book, which Niemand receives in solemn silence.)