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Telson, Philpot, Pilbury, Cusack, King, and other of our juvenile friends, who, with their usual modesty, proposed to run along with the race, and now formed part of the crowd which awaited the start, kept up a boisterous chorus of shouts, some of defiance, some of derision, some of applause, addressed alternately to foe and friend.
Come on, my child, my poor dear child, come on to the downs, as he told us; I won't compromise you any longer by being seen with you in the streets, in the decent decorous whited sepulchres of Pilbury Regis. And the grey old apostle, with two tears trickling unreproved down his wrinkled cheek, took Edie's arm tenderly in his, and led her like a father up to the green grassy slope that overlooks the little seaward combe by the nestling village of Nether Pilbury.
These four worthies, who, by a most curious coincidence, happened to be loafing outside Cusack's study-door at the very moment when Pilbury started off to find them, had much pleasure in accepting their friend's kind invitation; and the rest, finding themselves out of it, yapped off disconsolately, agreeing inwardly that Cusack was the stingiest beast in all Willoughby.
On the very afternoon when Pilbury and Cusack had been sitting at the feet of the learned Philpot in the laboratory, Silk, a monitor, had, along with Gilks, of the schoolhouse, a monitor too, gone down to Shellport, against all rules, taking Wyndham junior, one of their special proteges, with them.
Everybody'll be talking about it; you know the man's become quite notorious lately; and it'll be quite necessary to say distinctly, Le Breton, before the whole of Pilbury, that we've been obliged to dismiss you summarily. So much we positively MUST do for our own protection. But what on earth are we to do for you, my poor fellow?
"Burn you, rather, unless you keep it in water. Ah, got him at last." So saying Philpot triumphantly spiked the obstinate piece of phosphorus, and succeeded in cutting off a small piece. "Is that what makes the flare-up?" asked Cusack. "Yes, wait a bit, till I get the jar." "What jar?" asked Pilbury. "Here's one; will this do?"
It sounded like chaff, and yet they could scarcely believe it was. So they smiled vacantly at one another, and began to feel the situation a little awkward. "I suppose," continued Riddell, feeling his way carefully "I suppose between nine and ten is the usual time for singing in Welch's? I fancied it was before supper!" "Oh!" said Pilbury, "we do as we like here."
Young muller, couldn't steer a tub." "I'll tub you, young Pilbury, see if I don't, presently," replied Telson. "Never mind them," shouted King, "can't even make up a boat; pack of funks, all of them!" "Hullo! who are you?" cried Philpot, rounding on these new assailants. "We'd have a boat, never fear, if there was any chance of fair play."
This is a most unexpected pleasure. We hadn't the least idea you were in Pilbury. When did you come here? 'I came last night, Dr. Greatrex, answered the dreaded parent respectfully: 'we've come down from Staffordshire for a week at the seaside, and we thought we might as well be within hail of Guy and Charlie.
He's afraid to look at a chap." "I say," said Cusack, "rather a spree to fetch him, eh, you fellows, and see how he does. Eh?" "I'm game," said Pilbury; "what shall we do? Smash in his study-door?" "Oh, no," said Cusack, "no use doing that. Let's give him `Bouncer' to start with." "That ought to startle him up," said Philpot, laughing, "if he's not used to it."
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