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And as he stared at it, it began slowly to dawn upon Fenn that he had not shown up to advantage in the recent interview. In a word, he had made a fool of himself. Blackburn's took the field at three punctually on the following afternoon, to play out the last act of the final house-match.
Then, when five minutes more of play remained, Trevor gave Clowes an easy opening, and Clowes sprinted between the posts. The kick was an easy one, and what sporting reporters term "the major points" were easily added. When there are five more minutes to play in an important house-match, and one side has scored a goal and the other a try, play is apt to become spirited.
It's gambling if I bet you a 'dringer' that you won't make ten runs in a house-match; it's gambling if I raffle a picture and you take a sixpenny ticket. Are you going to give up that sort of gambling?" "No; but " "What would Warde say to our co-operative system of work eh? You're not prepared to go the whole hog? You want to pick and choose. Good! But give me the same right, that's all.
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