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A significant pantomime explained the remainder of the sentence, and then Harpour, standing in his one slipper, hastily adjourned to his toilet.

"Don't any of the masters know about Eden?" "Not officially, though I should think some rumours must have got to them." "But surely it's very odd that the school should side with Jones and Harpour, after the shameful mischief they've done?" "Odd, a priori; but lots of things always combine to make up a school opinion, you know the fellows just catch up what they hear first.

"And now, you fellow, Harpour," said Henderson, re-entering the dormitory; "as you've knocked up Evson, and half killed Eden, I'll tell Somers. Do you hear? and I hope he'll thrash you till you can't stand." "He daren't; Robertson's punished me already." "He dare, and will; you won't get off so lightly as all that."

"Evson! what's all this?" asked the master in astonishment. Walter, sick and giddy, was in no condition to answer; but the position of affairs was tolerably obvious. "Is this your doing?" asked Mr Robertson of Harpour, very sternly, pointing to Walter. "He hit me first." "Liar," said Henderson, glaring up at him. "Hush, sir; no such language in my presence," said Mr Robertson.

At that moment Kenrick passed by arm in arm with Harpour, as though to confirm Power's words, and recognised him with an ostentatiously careless nod. It was thus that Walter's first year at Saint Winifred's ended; and in spite of all drawbacks he felt that it had been a distinguished and happy year. He was now yearning for home, and he felt that he could meet his dear ones with honest pride.

He saw Tracy saunter in very neat, but with a languid air of disapprobation, blushing withal as he entered; Eden, whose large eyes looked bewildered until he caught sight of Walter and sat down beside him; Kenrick, beaming as ever, who nodded to him as he passed by; Henderson, who, notwithstanding the time and place, found opportunity to whisper to him a hope that he had washed his desirable person in clear water; Plumber looking as if his credulity had been gorged beyond endurance; Daubeny, with eyes immovably fixed in the determination to know his lessons that day; and lastly, Harpour, who had just time to scuffle in hot, breathless, and exceedingly untidy, as the chaplain began the opening sentence.

Some got up and ridiculed the monitors; others extolled Harpour, and tried to make out that he was misused for being called to account for a mere frolic; others taunted Evson and Henderson with a conspiracy against their private enemies. On the whole, they were nearly unanimous in agreeing that the school should prevent the monitors from any exercise of their authority.

Out of school his great object always was to hide himself; anywhere, so as to be beyond the reach of Jones, Harpour, and other bullies of the same calibre.

"I declare this dull old place was getting quite lively before last holidays," says Mackworth; "we shall soon get things all right here." "Fancy that fellow Power head of the school," said Harpour, bursting into a roar of scornful laughter, echoed in faint sniggerings by Jones and Tracy. "Might as well have a jug of milk and water head of the school," sneered Mackworth.

"Yes, Ken," said Power, gently; "you've carried it quocunque modo. How comes Kenrick to be on the same side as Jones, Mackworth, and Harpour?" In the teeth of clenched antagonisms. Tennyson. The meeting over, Henderson, who had not seen Walter since the morning, flew up to the sickroom to tell him the news, which he was sure would specially interest him.