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The question was, "Would Charlie promise the same thing?" If not, the boys felt doubly insecure insecure about the stability of their falsehood and the secrecy of their proceedings. And Charlie Evson, of course, refused to promise this.
And his face grew haggard as he stopped in his walk, and tried to realise the extent of what he had lost. "I would rather have seen everything I possess in the whole world destroyed than that," he said slowly, and with strong emotion. "And was it really Evson who did this?" asked Mr Percival, filled with the sincerest pity for his colleague's wounded feelings.
But Walter who jumped last always, because he had been the last candidate to come forward although he cleared it with an easy bound, received no sign of encouragement from any of the boys. He cleared it in perfect silence, only broken by Mr Paton, who was looking on with a group of other masters, and who said encouragingly, "Very well done, Evson; capital!"
The hand that would burn a valuable manuscript would fire a rick of hay." "O sir," said Henderson, starting up and interrupting him, "we were all very nearly as bad. It was the rest of us that burnt the imposition-book; Evson had nothing to do with that."
You may suppose that it was a joyful dinner party that evening at Dr Lane's. Mr Evson, as they had conjectured, had heard of his son's safety in London from the captain of the Morning Star, to whom he had tendered his warmest and most grateful thanks, and to whom, before leaving London, he had presented, in testimony of his gratitude, an exquisite chronometer.
During one of these momentary pauses Kenrick whispered to Walter, "I say, Evson, next time it's driven outside I'll try to get it, and if you'll stand just beyond the crowd I'll kick it to you, and you can try a run." "Thanks," said Walter eagerly, "I'll do my best." The opportunity soon occurred.
This was the most astoundingly impudent and insubordinate act which had ever been done to Mr Paton for years, and it was now his turn to be angry. But mastering his anger with admirable determination, he merely said, "Evson, you must be beside yourself this morning; it is very rarely, indeed, that a new boy is so far gone in disobedience as this.
Appended were the names of all the monitors but, no; as he glanced over the names he saw that one was absent, the name of Walter Evson.
Oh, sir, forgive me, if you can." "Do you know, Evson, the extent of what you have done?" said Mr Paton, in a constrained voice. "Oh, sir, indeed I do," he exclaimed, bursting into tears. "Mr Percival said I had destroyed years and years of hard work, and that I can never, never, never make up for it, or repair it again.
"Well, now, 1 pound, 8 shillings plus 18 shillings plus 14 shillings makes 3 pounds, the sum which Elgood received from home. Is that plain?" "As plain as a pike-staff," said Bliss; "and you're a little brick, Evson; and it's a chouse if any one suspects Elgood any more." Wilton suggested something about Elgood being Whalley's fag.
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