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Updated: May 28, 2025
Being a House-prefect, Jim did not attend preparation in the Great Hall with the common herd of the Houses, but was part-owner with Tony of a study. The difficulties of the situation soon presented themselves to him.
As a small boy at Harrow he had, with an imperturbable smile and a sense of humour that, in spite of his rotund youth and a general sense amongst his elders that he was "cheeky," won him popularity, worked always for his own comfort. He secured it and, first as fag and afterwards as House-prefect, finally as School-prefect, did exactly what he wanted with everybody.
We make you a house-prefect, sir, a house-prefect." Staggered beyond measure, I suppose I showed it in my face, for Salome continued: "Ee, my man, take off that ridiculous expression. I congratulate you, sir congratulate you." And I mechanically shook hands with him. Then Radley gripped my fingers and nearly broke the knuckle-bones.
'Look here, Babe, we want to know what you have done with Jim. He was seen by competent witnesses to go off with you, and he's not come back. If you've murdered him, you might let us have the body. 'Not come back! Rot. Are you certain? 'My dear chap, every House-prefect on the list has been sent out to look for him. When did he leave here? The Babe reflected. 'Six, I should think.
I was relieved from the necessity of finding some opening remark by the bursting into the room of "Molés" White. If you look up the Latin word "Molés" in the dictionary, you will find that it means "a huge, shapeless mass"; and all of us had been very quick to see that this was an excellent description of our junior house-prefect, White.
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