Aside from his brilliance as a teacher, his past pupils remember him for his spontaneous generosity: 'Take mine,' he once said to a boy who was without a writing implement, giving
him a silver propelling pencil, adding, 'You can keep that.' It also wasn't unknown for him to
lend his car, a Rover, which was considered quite a racy vehicle at the time, to pupils who
held driving licences.
Once in a while, a gang of us would be invited to dinner. The meal and the wine would be
sumptuous, and some boys overindulged, with the usual consequences. I don't think anyone
was actually ill beside the antique mahogany furniture, but Frank would not have shown the
least surprise.
(a)
First example of generosity