Yes, it was difficult to 1
that he was a Ground. He was born into an
2 but well-to-do family. He was the
3 of five sons. The Grounds were a handsome lot: blue-eyed,
fair-haired, 4 and ambitious. The four
older boys all 5 a success of their
lives. They married beautiful girl of good family, and produced children as fair
and handsome and clever 6 themselves.
The eldest became a clergyman; the second ended 7
as the headmaster of a famous public school; the third went into
business and became rich; the fourth followed in his father’s footsteps and
became a lawyer. That is why everybody was 8
when the youngest Ground, Henry, turned
9 to be a lazy good-for 10
.