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For the first time he had formed definite plans for his future . Why should not Ferguson 's plans be realized ? `` If I live long enough , '' he said to himself , `` I will be an editor , and exert some influence in the world . '' At ten o'clock he bade good-night to Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson , feeling that he had passed a pleasant and what might prove a profitable evening . `` You are getting on finely , Harry , '' said Oscar Vincent , a fortnight later . `` You do credit to my teaching . As you have been over all the regular verbs now , I will give you a lesson in translating . ''