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Buller stopped with his hand on the gas-tap. "That is a very serious accusation, Jack. Are you telling me that any Fernhurst boys so lack sportsmanlike feeling as to bribe boys in other houses to lay out their rivals, so that it will be easier for them to win." "Oh, sir, I don't think that they meant that." "Well, you said it, at any rate." The gas went out suddenly.
"I'll go see," said Mrs. Tams. In the heart of the aged woman exanimate on the bed, and in the heart of the aging woman whose stout, coarse arm was still raised to the gas-tap, were the same sentiments of wonder, envy, and pity, aroused by the enigmatic actions of a younger generation going its perilous, instinctive ways to keep the race alive. Mrs.
His look was uncomprehending; but she did not care. The anticipation of going out with him was now utterly absorbing her. He waited with his hand on the gas-tap till she was ready, and then he lowered the gas. "Wait a moment," she whispered at the door, and with a gesture called him back into the room from the flagged passage leading to the area steps.
He shut down the window on all the breezes that were pouring into the room. "Now quick, before I turn the gas out!" he admonished, his hand on the gas-tap. "You'll tell me in the morning, won't you, father?" "Yes," said Mr. Povey, conquering his habitual impulse to say 'No. He crept back to the large bedroom to grope for clothes.
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