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"Though it'll be a bit of a job getting leave," said Sheen. "How would you start about it, Bruce?" "You'd better ask Spence. He's the man to go to." "That's all right. I'm rather a pal of Spence's." "Ask him tonight after prep.," suggested Bruce.
"Because you disturb me." "But I wasn't saying it aloud." "It doesn't matter. I can learn things much better when I'm quite alone." "You're never alone at prep." "No, I wish I were. I could get through the work in half the time. You're interrupting me now by talking." "Then I won't talk," said Patty, taking up her book, which she had laid down; "I won't say a single word."
The Knowledge he had acquired at the two Prep Schools before being pushed into the Fresh Air ahead of Time had not made him round-shouldered. He was a likely Chap, but he wore no Plumes. He became dimly conscious that Ambition was squatted on the Stool next to him. "Up to this time we have been Dead Wrong," said the Periodical Visitor.
He'd gone to a private military prep school, had some college, and then had joined the Marines. He told us that he had been in the Pacific most of the war and repeated some rather hairy stories of what he'd been through. After the war he'd worked as an auto mechanic, then gone to Georgia for a while to work in a turpentine plant.
Even that funny daughter of Sharon's, Cousin Juliana, she warms up now and then slips me a couple of twenties or so. You should have seen the hit I made at prep! Fellows there owe me money now that I bet I never do get paid back. But no matter, of course." "That Juliana always makes me kind of shiver," admitted Wilbur. "She looks so kind of well, kind of lemonish."
Tried to throw me out of the house, a couple of times. I was afraid he was going to have another of those attacks. But by the time Ralph and Claire get back from their honeymoon and Ray finishes that cram-course for Literate prep school, he'll be ready to confer the paternal blessing all around. I'm going to stay in town and make sure of it, and then I'm taking about a month's vacation."
The road has been hedged by a parapet to prevent accidents, which enabled me to contemplate the whole descent, and gain vertigoes at pleasure; for a great part of my amusement in these steep rocks, is, they cause a giddiness and swimming in my head, which I am particularly fond of, provided I am in safety; leaning, therefore, over the parapet, I remained whole hours, catching, from time to time, a glance of the froth and blue water, whose rushing caught my ear, mingled with the cries of ravens, and other birds of prep that flew from rock to rock, and bush to bush, at six hundred feet below me.
He was received with cheers steady, ceaseless cheering. Being a wise man, he went away, and the forms were silent and a little frightened. "It's all right," said Stalky. "He can't do much. 'Tisn't as if you'd pulled the desks up like we did when old Carleton took prep. once. Keep it up! Hear 'em cheering in the studies!"
No doubt they always kept their valuables in this hiding-place, and only the head of the family would know the way to it." "So old sayings do generally mean something, and aren't just nonsense." "Let us go and tell at once. Everybody'll be wondering where we are. They must be doing prep. now, and Miss Russell will be sitting with the first class."
Their conversation which followed was mostly of a reminiscent character recollections of boat-races in the bight, fishing excursions off the coast, clambakes, hew boats, a dog which Donald had given Nan when he left for prep school and which had since died of old age. And all the while Nan Brent's child stood by Donald's knee, gazing up at him adoringly.
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