CHAPTER 17He that questioneth much shall learn much, and content much; but especially if he apply his questions to the skill of the persons whom he asketh; for he shall give them occasion to please themselves in speaking, and himself shall continually gather knowledge. But let his questions not be troublesome, for that is fit for a poser; and let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.
—Francis Bacon
‘You look,’ said the Dean, ‘like a nervous parent whose little boy is about to recite The Wreck of the Hesperus at a School Concert.’
‘I feel,’ said Harriet, ‘more like the mother of Daniel.
King Darius said to the lions:—
Bite Daniel. Bite Daniel.
Bite him. Bite him. Bite him.’
‘G’rrrrr!’ said the Dean.
They were standing at the door of the Senior Common Room, which conve
