two in the evening
The scholars were mostly young men from neighbouring farms , or from workshops in the village , with whom , although I was so much younger than they , there was no danger of jealousy . The additional assistance they would thus receive , and their respect for superior knowledge , in which , with my advantages , I had no credit over them , would prevent any false shame because of my inferiority in years . There were a few girls at the school as well -- among the rest , Elsie Duff . Although her grandmother was very feeble , Elsie was now able to have a little more of her own way , and there was no real reason why the old woman should not be left for an hour or two in the evening . I need hardly say that Turkey was a regular attendant . He always , and I often , saw Elsie home . My chief pleasure lay in helping her with her lessons .