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But Fairbairn was loth to give up his idea; so he went to Mr Parrett, and asked him if he would mind running with the schoolhouse pair-oar during the next morning's spin, and watching the steering of the new captain. Mr Parrett did so; and was not a little pleased with the performance, but advised Fairbairn to try him in the four-oar before deciding.
"Let us have the other boat." "Hurrah! so I say." "I suppose we could buy two six-oar boats for our money," added Tony. "And have four in the fleet?" "Perhaps three four-oar boats." "Five boats in the fleet! That would be a glorious squadron!"
He hadn't steered them into the bank since the second morning he hadn't tried steering the four-oar, how did he know he couldn't do it? Mr Parrett had advised the trial strongly, and so on. "No," said he, "the only question is your weight. You'd have to run off a bit of that, you know." "Oh," said Riddell, "as to that, you can take as many pounds off me as you like; but "
As became loyal Parretts, the juniors pulled into the bank to let the four-oar pass, and, not content with this act of homage, they volunteered a round of vehement applause into the bargain. "Bravo! Well rowed, our house! Two to one on Parrett's! Three cheers for Bloomfield! Three cheers for the captain! Hooroo!"
The very lads who had eaten his father's dinners at Eton, and shared his four-oar at Eton, knew much better than to associate with him at Cambridge now that they had put on the toga virilis.
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