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Nuttie pouted a little, but submitted, though she now and then broke into a translation with 'You know mother will never stand up for herself, or 'They think I shall be asked to stay with the Egremonts, but I must work up for the exam. However, the school habit of concentrating her attention prevailed, and the study quieted Nuttie's excitement. The expedition took place as arranged.
Said Beetle, after a glance: "It's King's Latin prose exam. paper. In In Varrem: actio prima. What a lark!" "Think o' the pure-souled, high-minded boys who'd give their eyes for a squint at it!" said McTurk. "No, Willie dear," said Stalky; "that would be wrong and painful to our kind teachers. You wouldn't crib, Willie, would you?" "Can't read the beastly stuff, anyhow," was the reply.
'Rhymes, you know, not regular poetry! 'But, Mr. Pidgely, I don't quite see; why can't you floor generals with rhymes which are not regular poetry? Are they so particular in the army? 'It isn't an army exam.; it's at Cambridge; and the rhymes are all the chief tips done into poetry like "Paley" rhymes, y' know.
I'm meant for something beyond that, or what are intellect and artistic faculty given for? L. You could read for Cambridge exam. all the same. Here are tons of books, and grandpapa would help you. Why not? He is not a bit of a dull man. He is up to everything. C. So far as YOU know. Oh no, he is not naturally dense.
Every one in the Fifth had little doubt about the results, and public opinion was justified, for Merle came out top in almost every subject, gaining an average of 91 per cent on the whole exam. She had expected to do well, but was quite staggered at this success, for Muriel, Iva, and Nesta, her usual rivals, were left far and away behind.
Harold hastened to the bedside and the others did their best to relieve the situation. The class-ring is never worn by a second-classman until the last exam is passed by the first class. Then the new class-rings blossom forth in all their glory, for this ring is peculiarly significant: It is looked forward to as one of the greatest events in the class' history, and is a badge of union forever.
Bramble, however, managed to get behind Padger and the rest, and thus fortified shouted out, "Yah, boo, howling young sucking pig! go home to your mammy, or your great big cheat of a blackguard thief of a caddish big brother! Do you hear? Who stole the exam paper? Eh, Padger? Yah, boo, pack of sneaking Guinea-pigs!"
Rose had returned with bitter persistence to the siege of her father's obstinacy. 'I should have six weeks clear, she was saying. John consulted his pocket-calendar. 'No, he corrected her, 'you would only have a month. It isn't worth while. 'I should have six weeks, she repeated. 'The exam isn't till January the seventh. 'But Christmas, what about Christmas? You must be here for Christmas.
Whenever we have two minutes together you waste them in playing the goat. Georgie, tell me about your exam." "To-morrow." She was at once serious. "To-morrow?" "To-morrow I thrust my angel form into the examination room. To-morrow my angel voice trills in the examiners' ears." "I thought you had a paper first, before the viva?" "Do not snap me up, girl. I speak in metaphors.
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