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Who, then, would fill the vacancy? "Rand-Brown, of course," said the crowd. But the experts, as we have shown, were of a different opinion. Trevor did not take long to resume a garb of civilisation. He never wasted much time over anything. He was gifted with a boundless energy, which might possibly have made him unpopular had he not justified it by results.
With a beautiful unanimity the six occupants of the first fifteen room came to the conclusion that the man who had let the team down that day had been the man on the right Rand-Brown, to wit, of Seymour's. "I'll bet he doesn't stay in the first long," said Clephane, who was now in the bath, vice Otway, retired.
Ergo, Barry is better worth playing for the team than Rand-Brown. "All right, then," replied Trevor. "There can't be any harm in trying him. We'll have another scratch game on Thursday. "Oh, yes. I'm stopping till Saturday." "Good man. Then we shall be able to see how he does against you. I wish you hadn't left, though, by Jove. We should have had Ripton on toast, the same as last term."
"Probably Rand-Brown," suggested Clowes. "He's the man who would gain most by Barry's not playing. I hear he had a row with Mill just before his study was ragged." "Everybody in Seymour's has had rows with Mill some time or other," said Trevor. Clowes stopped at the door of the junior day-room to find his fag. Trevor went on upstairs. In the passage he met Ruthven. Ruthven seemed excited. "I say.
"Heavens, man," he cried, "do you think I don't know all that myself? But what on earth would you have me do? Besides, he may be a good boxer, but he's got no pluck at all. I might outstay him." "Hope so," said Clowes. But his tone was not hopeful. Some people in Trevor's place might have taken the earliest opportunity of confronting Rand-Brown, so as to settle the matter in hand without delay.
What do you think?" said Rand-Brown. Bertie grinned politely. The most immediate effect of telling anybody not to do a thing is to make him do it, in order to assert his independence. Trevor's first act on receipt of the letter was to include Barry in the team against the Town. It was what he would have done in any case, but, under the circumstances, he felt a peculiar pleasure in doing it.
"It wasn't the forwards that mattered so much," said Trevor. "They'll shake down all right after a few matches. A little running and passing will put them right." There's a jolly sight too much of the mince-pie and Christmas pudding about their play at present." There was a pause. "What do you think of Rand-Brown?" he asked.
His loss was likely to be felt. Rand-Brown had occupied a similar position in the second fifteen. He was big and speedy, and in second fifteen matches these qualities make up for a great deal. If a man scores one or two tries in nearly every match, people are inclined to overlook in him such failings as timidity and clumsiness.
The bat was in none of these places. He looked in the cupboards. No bat there. "Like to take up the carpet?" inquired Rand-Brown. "No, thanks." "Search me if you like. Shall I turn out my pockets?" "Yes, please," said Trevor, to his surprise. He had not expected to be taken literally. Rand-Brown emptied them, but the bat was not there. Trevor turned to go.
He watched O'Hara assailing the swinging ball with considerable envy. Why, he wondered, had he not gone in for boxing? Everybody ought to learn to box. It was bound to come in useful some time or other. Take his own case. He was very much afraid no, afraid was not the right word, for he was not that. He was very much of opinion that Rand-Brown was going to have a most enjoyable time when they met.
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