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However, he decided on this occasion to feed the mind at the expense of the body. He accepted Renford's invitation. "What is it?" he asked, as they made for the football field. "What's been happening?" "It's frightfully exciting," said Renford. "What's up?" "You mustn't tell any one." "All right. Of course not."
Wonder if there's anybody in that bath." He reappeared a few moments later. During his absence Sheen overheard certain shrill protestations which were apparently being uttered in the neighbourhood of the bathroom door. "There was," he said, putting his head into the study and grinning cheerfully at Sheen. "There was young Renford, who had no earthly business to be there.
"A miles better idea would be to send him over to Donaldson's to fetch something from my study," suggested Trevor. "It isn't nearly so far, and I've got heaps of stuff." "Ripping. Cut over to Donaldson's, young Renford. As a matter of fact," he added, confidentially, when the emissary had vanished, "I'm not half sure that the other dodge would have worked.
And on half-holidays and Sundays we take them out on to the downs." "What for?" "Why, rabbits, of course. Renford brought back a saloon-pistol with him. We keep it locked up in a box don't tell any one." "And what do ye do with the rabbits?" "We pot at them as they come out of the holes." "Yes, but when ye hit 'em?" "Oh," said Renford, with some reluctance, "we haven't exactly hit any yet."
"Look here, Renford," he said, "if you're trying to green me " "I'm not, you ass," replied Renford indignantly. "It's perfectly true. I saw it myself." "By Jove, did you really? Where was it? When did it come off? Was it a good one? Who won?" "It was the best one I've ever seen." "Did O'Hara beat him? I hope he did. O'Hara's a jolly good sort." "Yes. They had six rounds.
"Well, then, there's been a big fight, and I'm one of the only chaps who know about it so far." "A fight?" Harvey became excited. "Who between?" Renford paused before delivering his news, to emphasise the importance of it. "It was between O'Hara and Rand-Brown," he said at length. "By Jove!" said Harvey. Then a suspicion crept into his mind.
"Have you ever seen anybody down here?" asked O'Hara. "Once," said Renford. "Half-a-dozen chaps came down here once while we were feeding the ferrets. We waited till they'd got well in, then we nipped out quietly. They didn't see us." "Did you see who they were?" "No. It was too dark. Here they are. Rummy old crib this, isn't it? Look out for your shins on the chairs. Switch on the light, Harvey.
There is a broad stretch of angry water above and below, while over there, just opposite the end of the bridge, is the ruin of the great Cambria Iron Works, which have been damaged to the extent of over $1,000,000. The Gautier Steel Works have been wiped away, and are represented by a loss of $1,000,000 and a big hole. The Holbert House, owned by Renford Brothers, has entirely disappeared.
Who's that with you?" "It's me," said an ungrammatical voice. "Who's me?" "Harvey." At this point a soft yellow light lit up the more immediate neighbourhood. Harvey had brought a bicycle lamp into action. "That's more like it," said Renford. "Look here, O'Hara, you won't split, will you?" "I'm not an informer by profession, thanks," said O'Hara.
The two told their story in alternate sentences like the Strophe and Antistrophe of a Greek chorus. Ha, yes! "So ye can't get in because they've locked the door, an' ye don't know what to do about it?" said O'Hara, at the conclusion of the narrative. Renford and Harvey informed him in chorus that that was the state of the game up to present date. "An' ye want me to get them out for you?"
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