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Mr Parrett hurried out of the room the moment the door was open, merely turning to say, "Come to me all of you at seven to-night!" And then with his handkerchief still over his mouth he hurried off.
Dr Patrick fully approved of the decision of his colleague, and while on the subject opened his mind to him on the question of the discipline of Willoughby generally. "Have you been able to judge at all of the order of the school lately, Parrett?" he said. "Well, sir," said Mr Parrett, "I'm not sure that it is as good as it should be.
Gerent, the king of the West Welsh, as we called him, ruled over all the land of Devon and Cornwall, from the fens of the Tone and Parrett Rivers to the Land's End.
Mr Parrett rose from his seat, and, without saying a word, shook hands with each one of them, greatly to their astonishment and confusion. "You can go now," said the master, when the ceremony was concluded; "good-night, boys." "Good-night, sir," said they, and filed out of the room.
Cusack and Welcher, who was caught climbing the schoolhouse elms one Monday, he sentenced to an hour's detention; and Pilbury, whom he caught in the same act on Tuesday, he deprived of play for a week that is, he said he was not to leave his house for a week. But Pilbury turned up the very next day in the "Big," under the very nose of the Parrett captain, who did not even observe his presence.
As we went along the Polden ridge we met flying men, and men who came to the levy, and by twos and threes we added to our little force, until we had a full hundred more than when we started. Thorgils took us to a tidal ford that crosses the Parrett River far below any bridge, which he thought would not yet be watched by the Welsh.
You are most of you idle boys, and, as you know, there are plenty in the same Form better behaved and more industrious than yourselves." "Oh yes, sir," said Parson, frankly. "What I shall do during the remainder of the term is this," said Mr Parrett.
Mr Parrett dismissed the boys sternly, and then, trusting he had done right, and trusting still more to be able to turn the better qualities of his noisy young pupils to some good purpose, he went straight to the doctor and told him what he had done.
"Let's see. `Gross conduct with King talking in class King meanly tells Parrett he is a beastly sneak." "What does he say?" exclaimed King. "I told Parrett he was a beastly sneak? What crams the fellow tells! Fancy me saying that to Parrett! All I said was I wasn't talking!" "Why, I see it," said Parson.
For Mr Parrett had been fearfully and wonderfully mixed up in the whole affair.
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