The Private Tutor Author:Gamaliel Bradford General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1905 Original Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or m... more »issing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE Gordon was naturally of a most placid and amiable disposition ; but for that very reason, when he was irritated he had little power of controlling himself. Now it would have been impossible for any saint in Heaven to live with such a creature as Edgar Payne and not to lose his temper irrecoverably. The tutor was, therefore, in a constant state of mild exasperation, which broke out at every opportunity. " How can you expect me to take you about with me anywhere, when you behave as you have this evening ? " asked he, as they walked rapidly homeward, through the quiet streets. " Don't expect you to take me everywhere. I can take myself about." " I am sorry to say your father expects me to." " My father had better stick to the stock market. He 's good at that. The worst speculation he ever got into was you." " Very likely." They went on for a while in silence. Their lodgings were near the Porta Pia, which gave them a good deal of walking, when they did not care touse the tram. Gordon' had objected to this and would have preferred the older part of the city; but the rooms were comfortable and a bargain, and Payne had insisted on taking them. " That was a queer crowd she had there," began Payne, at length. The recollection of the Countess warmed his heart to unusual communicativeness. " There were all sorts of people, of course." " Oh, all sorts of people -- yes -- I think so. Come, Gordy, you can't fool me, you kn...« less