Original (English)

CHAPTER II. A SHORT GLANCE OVER THE SHOULDER. Mr. Peregrine was the first of the Palmer family to learn that there was a Palmer coat of arms. He learned it at college, and on this wise. One day a fellow-student, who pleased himself with what he called philology, remarked that his father must have been a hit of a humorist to name him Peregrine:—"except indeed it be a family name!" he added. "I never thought about it," said Peregrine. "I don't quite know what you mean." The fa