when though because
"This came as a  shock  to me.Then he told me the whole story:
"Years ago.I was all instructor in the military school at Woolwich when young Scoresby was given his first  examination  .Everybody answered the questions well  [MASK]  he did
not know anything.I felt sympathy and questioned him just  what  I thought he knew.He got through the examination.I thought that what in the end would  destroy  him would be the mathematics examination.Well.try to imagine the  result  .By some strange yet  1ucky  accident,he took first prize!