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"Well, I can't make it out at all," said Ricketts. "Nor can I," said Bullinger. All this while Pembury had not spoken, but he now turned to Simon, and said, "What do you think, Simon? Did you see Greenfield stealing the examination paper this time, eh?" "Oh, no, not this time," promptly replied the poet; "last term it was, you know. I didn't see him this time."
Pembury prudently accepted all, and said he would insert what he thought fit, an assurance which delighted Simon, who immediately sat down and wrote some more "pieces," in case at the last moment there might be room for them too. But, in spite even of these valuable contributions, the Dominican fell flat.
To all of whom Master Pembury gave a piece of his mind. "Wray, old man," said he, that evening, "you and Noll and I shall have to do the whole thing between us, that's all about it." "Awfully sorry!" said Wraysford; "you'll have to let me off this time. I'm working like nails for the Nightingale." "Bother the Nightingale, I say! What is it to the Dominican?
"There's no use our saying or doing anything," said that worthy. "We shall probably only make things worse. It's sure to come out in time, and till then we must grin and bear it." "All very well," said some one, "but Greenfield will be grinning too." "I fancy not," said Pembury.
"The scholarship belongs to Wray," said Braddy, "and I mean to say it's a blackguard shame if he doesn't get it!" "It's downright robbery, that's what it is!" said another; "the fellow ought to be kicked out of the school!" "I vote some one tells the Doctor," said Braddy. "Suppose you go and tell him now, yourself," said Pembury, with a sarcastic smile; "you could do it capitally.
But he said it was meant as a compliment, and that the Doctor was greatly pleased with it." "Well," resumed Pembury, laughing, "they won't allow any of us to contribute. "Upon my word, it's a splendid idea!" exclaimed Wraysford, jumping up in raptures. And every one else applauded Pembury's proposition.
Wraysford feels he must say something! "Good-bye, Greenfield," he says. "I hope " Oliver quietly takes Stephen's arm and turns on his heel. Wraysford stares after him for a moment, and then slowly goes on his way, breathing hard. "I wonder," said Pembury, after a long silence "I wonder, Wray, if it's possible we are wrong about that fellow?" Wraysford says nothing.
"It's no use pretending not to see what's as plain as daylight," said Pembury, as he turned and hobbled away. The Fifth meanwhile had been holding a sort of court-martial on the affair. Simon was made to repeat his story once more, and stuck to it too, in spite of all the browbeating he got. "What makes you so sure of the exact time?" asked one of his inquisitors.
Then, as if his penitence were not yet complete, Pembury went on boldly farther on: "Speaking of Greenfield senior, it is time some of us who have been doing him injustice for a whole term did what little we could to make amends now. So here goes. Take notice, all of you, that we, the undersigned, are heartily ashamed of our conduct to Greenfield senior, and desire all Saint Dominic's to know it.
Pembury had to cut some out." "My dear fellow, I shan't be happy unless I get at least twenty pages." So off went the delighted Simon to work at this self-imposed task, and caring little about the rest of the Dominican. But some of that was worth reading, too. Tony's leading article, for instance, was an important document. It was headed "Gone Up," and began, "Alas! our occupation's gone!
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