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"It's too late for callers." "Perhaps they're town people who want to see the wedding presents." "I'm not at home yet to townees." "Well, hide among the ruins, and if I can stop them, I will." He thanked her. Margaret went forward, smiling socially.
They grew to recognise their companions by name, and to place them according to their several "shops"; they entertained cocoa parties in their rooms; picked up slang terms, and talked condescendingly of "townees"; they paid up subscriptions to "Hall," "Games," "Flowers," and "Fic"; slept, played, and laughed and talked, and, above all, worked, with heart and mind, and with every day that passed were more convinced that to be a student at Cambridge was the most glorious fate that any girl could desire.
"Was it townees?" he asked, greeting her with a pleasant smile. "You'll never believe me," said Margaret, sitting down beside him. "It's all right now, but it was my sister." "Helen here?" he cried, preparing to rise. "But she refused the invitation. I thought she despised weddings." "Don't get up. She has not come to the wedding. I've bundled her off to the George."
"Was it townees?" he asked, greeting her with a pleasant smile. "You'll never believe me," said Margaret, sitting down beside him. "It's all right now, but it was my sister." "Helen here?" he cried, preparing to rise. "But she refused the invitation. I thought hated weddings." "Don't get up. She has not come to the wedding. I've bundled her off to the George." Inherently hospitable, he protested.
When, therefore, the twenty or so Wrykynians who were dancing round the lamp-post were aware, in the midst of their festivities, that they were being observed and criticised by an equal number of townees, and that the criticisms were, as usual, essentially candid and personal, they found themselves forgetting the headmaster's prejudices and feeling only that these outsiders must be put to the sword as speedily as possible, for the honour of the school.
"It's too late for callers." "Perhaps they're town people who want to see the wedding presents." "I'm not at home yet to townees." "Well, hide among the ruins, and if I can stop them, I will." He thanked her. Margaret went forward, smiling socially.
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