Word: smallness
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...Smith afterwards found his match at that coal-office. A younger employee, a youth with small and silky beard, showed strategic powers far superior to those of my friend. Smith and I were one day seated in his room, - which, by the way, is a very pleasant one, - when we heard some one ascend the stairs with nimble step and cheerful whistle. He went past Smith's door and up the next flight to one of the rooms above. In about five minutes' time he came down, whistling as before, and with light knock and heavy kick demanded admittance...
Probably not more than one in fifty of those now in college have ever seen the engravings, and yet there are some good reasons for it; the limited time of the Curator, the small space allotted to them in the Library, and the number of applications from persons not in college...