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"I, a prefect and a very great person in this house, should greatly resent it if a Fifth-form fellow beat me at the jump. Upon my word I'd give him 100 lines." "`Cricket-ball. Clipstone 77 yards. What a poor throw! Felgate is sure to beat that, at any rate." "Not if he can help," said Barnworth.
I'll get one out of the bedroom!" And in his flurry he went off, poker in hand, to the cubicle. "What a day we're having!" murmured Barnworth. Stafford giggled just as Railsford re-entered. It was awkward, and gave the new master a very unfavourable impression of the most harmless boy in his house.
He was the pivot on which all their work had been turning; and without him what chance was there of keeping the house together for a day? "Come in here a minute, you fellows," said Ainger, as they reached the captain's door. "We must do something to stop it." "That's a very feeble observation to make," said Barnworth. "Is that what you want us to come in here for?"
There was a call for order, and Ainger, mounting the bench, said, "This is quite an experiment, you fellows. It may be a failure, or it may go off all right. It depends on how we do our best. Barnworth, who is the counsel for the prosecution, has prepared the story, and Felgate has been told what the line to be taken against the prisoner is, so that he might prepare his defence.
Ainger laughed rather spitefully. "It strikes me he'll find us four fairly tough flies. I mean to go. I want to see what he's like; I'm not at all sure that I like him." "Poor beggar!" murmured Barnworth. "Now my doubt is whether he likes me. He ought to, oughtn't he, Staff?" "Why, yes!" replied that amiable youth; "he doesn't look as if he was very particular."
"Oh, thanks, awfully!" replied Barnworth. The amiable coloured up more than ever. "I really didn't mean that," he said, horrified at his unconscious joke. "I mean he doesn't seem strict, or as if he'd be hard to get on with." "I hope he's not," said Ainger, with a frown. "We had enough of that with Moss."
But Ainger, the boy chiefly interested in sports, was sulking; and Barnworth, who also was an athlete, was too absorbed in speculating what remark was maturing itself in Felgate's mind to heed what was being said. "I suppose the house has an eleven for instance?" "Yes, generally," said Stafford. Felgate now came in with his remark.
"`Bravo, Barnworth, yells Violet. `Go it, old kangaroo, howls Dig. `Take your time and tuck in that shoe-lace, says Marky. `A million to one on our man, says I; and then up goes the bar to 5 foot 5; and then you could have heard a caterpillar wink. Old Barnworth looked a little green himself this time; and didn't seem in a hurry to begin.
William Tomkins was called, and Dig, with his tawny mane more than usually dishevelled, and an excited look on his face, entered the box. He glared round him defiantly, and then dug his hands into his pockets and waited for his questions. "Your name is William Tomkins?" began Barnworth. "Sir William Tomkins, Baronet," said the witness, amidst laughter. "To be sure, I beg your pardon, Sir William.
When the turn came for the Babies, they evinced equal spirit, and divided the list among them with a fierceness which augured ill for the Babies of the other houses whose claims they challenged. Ainger and Barnworth strolled down later on to examine the list, and now suggested a few alterations.
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