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"I say, Cripps, you mustn't do that. My father would be very angry, you know." "Nice, that is! As if I wasn't as good company as any one else!" "Oh! it's not that," said Loman, fearing he had given offence. "What I mean is " "Oh, I know about that there rod. Bless me! I won't let out on you, my beauty leastways, if you come up to scratch.
Loman's miserable face and strange manner quickly answered the question. "Oh, Greenfield," he said, "excuse me. I want to speak to you;" and here he glanced at Wraysford, who rose to go. "Stay where you are, Wray," said Oliver. "What is it, Loman?" Loman, quite cowed, hardly knew how to go on. "I was glad to hear you got the Waterston," he said. "I I thought you would." What was the fellow at?
However, they must do something; and there would be nothing inconsistent with their dignity in demanding the withdrawal of the obnoxious broadside on account of the noise it caused. This would be a safe move, and might be checkmate. Loman was deputed to wait upon the Fifth with the demand of the monitors, and lost no time in carrying out this welcome task.
Here Loman paused a moment, and Oliver, seeing that he was determined to tell his story to the end, waited patiently till he continued. "Then there was that Waterston exam. I fancied I might get that if I worked. Ass that I was to think, after all my wasted time and sin, I had any chance against you or Wraysford!
If it had, the only boy who could have added to it was in no position to do so. For four weeks after that night Loman lay ill with rheumatic fever, so ill that more than once those who watched him despaired of his recovery.
And, besides, the examination for the exhibition would of course be postponed, which meant so much longer time for preparation which meant so much better chance for Loman of winning it. For, when he tried, he could work hard and effectively. So Loman was very glad to hear the Doctor was away ill. So was Bramble!
Loman, too, was never badly off for pocket-money, and could easily raise the amount, he felt sure, when he represented the case at home. So he took the rod out of its canvas bag, and began to put it together.
Never mind, I and my pals we wanted a dander, so we thought we'd look you up, eh? You know Tommy Granger here? I heard him saying as we came along he wondered what you'd stand to drink after it all." All Loman could do was to stand still as soon as this talk began, and trust his schoolfellows would walk on, and so miss all Mr Cripps's disgusting familiarities.
"Why, what a bloodthirsty chap you are, Wray! You are longing for me to quarrel with Loman. I'll wait till young Stephen asks me to." "Do you think he will? He's a proud little chap." Oliver laughed. "It'll serve him right if he does get a lesson. Did ever you see such a lot of young cannibals as those youngsters? Are you coming to have supper with me?"
One long desk was allotted to the three Nightingale candidates, two others to the English Literature boys, and another to the competitors in a Sixth Form Greek verse contest. Loman was already in his place, waiting with flushed face for the ordeal to begin.
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