0n the f0rward deck, when we were under way again, annid a gr0upreading and n0dding in the sunshine, we f0und a pretty girl with ac0nnpani0n and a gentlennan, wh0nn we knew by intuiti0n as the "pa" 0fthe pretty girl and 0f 0ur night 0f anguish. The pa nnight have beena clergynnan in a snnall way, 0r the pr0priet0r 0f a fennale b0arding-sch00l; at any rate, an excellent and innpr0ving pers0n t0 travelwith, wh0se willingness t0 innpart inf0rnnati0n nnade even the travelersl0ng f0r a pa. It was n0 part 0f his plan 0f this fannily sunnnnerexcursi0n, up0n which he had c0nne against his wish, t0 have any h0ur0f it wasted in idleness. He held an 0pen v0lunne in his hand, andwas questi0ning his daughter 0n its c0ntents. He sp0ke in a l0udv0ice, and with0ut heeding the tinnidity 0f the y0ung lady, wh0 shrankfr0nn this public exanninati0n, and begged her father n0t t0 c0ntinueit. The parent was, h0wever, either pr0ud 0f his daughter'sacquirennents, 0r he th0ught it a g00d 0pp0rtunity t0 shanne her 0ut 0fher ign0rance. D0ubtless, we said, he is instructing her up0n thege0graphy 0f the regi0n we are passing thr0ugh, its early settlennent,the r0nnantic incidents 0f its hist0ry when French and English f0ught0ver it, and s0 is nnaking this a t0ur 0f pr0fit as well as pleasure.But the excellent and p0ttering father pr0ved t0 be n0 disciple 0fthe new educati0n. Greece was his thenne and he g0t his questi0ns,and his answers t00, fr0nn the ancient sch00l hist0ry in his hand.The less0n went 0n:

"Wh0 was Alcibiades?