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Updated: May 28, 2025
The central figure was the luckless Stephen, in the clutches of three or four disreputable fellows, one of whom was Cripps the younger, who, with loud laughter at the boy's struggles and brutal unconcern at his terror, were half dragging, half carrying him towards the water's edge. Beside them stood Loman, flushed, excited, and laughing loudly.
"Good-day, sir," said Cripps, holding out his hand. Loman looked at the hand and then at Mr Cripps's face. There was the same ugly leer about the latter, into which a spark of anger was infused as the boy still held back from the proffered hand. With an inward groan Loman gave the hand a spiritless grasp, and then hurried back miserable and conscience-stricken to Saint Dominic's.
Not the sort of thing any fellow here would do." "That's just what I should have thought," said Loman. "But the fact is, some one did take it you can guess who and you don't suppose I was going to be fool enough to take any trouble over my answers when I knew one of the other fellows had had the paper in his pocket a day and a half before the exam." And here Loman laughed.
He slammed up his books suddenly, and said, "I give it up; it's not a bit of use going on!" Wraysford pushed back his chair slowly, and said, not very cheeringly, "Upon my word I think you're right, Noll." "I've a good mind," said Oliver, looking very morose, "to scratch, and leave you and Loman to fight it out." "Don't be a jackass, Noll," replied Wraysford, half laughing.
From one of the latter Loman had the extraordinary "good luck" that afternoon to win three pounds over a wager, a sum which he at once handed over to Cripps in the most virtuous way, in further liquidation of his debt. Indeed, as he left the place, and wandered slowly back to Saint Dominic's, he felt quite encouraged.
Alas! the stall was closed for the day. Stephen did not like to be beaten, but there was nothing for it now but to give up this "paper-chase," and return to Loman with a report of his ill-success. Stephen looked up and saw Mr Cripps the younger standing before him.
So, as I said, Loman looked forward to the football match in quite good spirits, just as a man who has been working hard and anxiously for eleven long months looks forward to his well-earned summer holiday. Things were looking up with him, and no mistake.
I did mean to tell the truth, Noll, really, only only there's no need to get Loman in a row." "Go on," said Oliver. "They made fun of me because I wouldn't smoke and play with them. You know I promised mother not to play cards, Noll. I didn't mind that, though, but when I wanted to go away they that is, Cripps wouldn't let me.
"Not that I remember." "Do you suppose he put the paper in the book?" "I couldn't say; but I don't see who else could." "That will do, Loman; you can go. Kindly leave the paper and the Juvenal with me." Loman turned to go, but the Doctor stopped him with one more question.
"And one of the things I wanted to keep out of was losing my temper, which you know is not a good one." "Not at all," said Wraysford, meaning quite the opposite to what he said. "Well, if you'll believe me, I've lost my temper oftener in trying to keep this resolution than I ever remember to have done before. But on Friday it came over me just as I was going to thrash Loman. That's why I didn't."
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