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Lovell senior repeated the house-master's question "How are you, old chap?" But, in his anxiety to convey a warning, he came too near, obscuring Rutford's massive figure. Scaife groaned again, putting his hand to his head. "How am I?" he repeated thickly. "Why, why, I'm jolly well screwed, Lovell; that's how I am! Jolly well screwed hay? Ugh! how screwed I am. Ugh!"
A minute later he was staring disconsolately at a group of his fellows just in front of Dir of Rutford's side door. An impulse seized him to turn and flee. What would Uncle John say to that? So he advanced. The boys made way politely, asking no questions. As he passed through he caught a few eager words. "I was hoping that the brute had gone. It is a sickener, and no mistake!"
He never missed a house-match, and no one could guess, looking at his wooden countenance, how the game was going; for he accepted either defeat or victory with dignified self-restraint. A smart bit of work provoked a bland, "Well played, sir, very well played, sir!" uttered in the same respectful tone in which he requested Lovell, let us say, to go to Mr. Rutford's study after prayers.
"Good night, sir," said all the boys, save John and Scaife. "Good night, Verney." Master and pupil confronted each other. John's face looked impassive; and Rutford turned from the new boy to Scaife. "Good night, Scaife." Scaife drew himself up, and, in a quiet, cool voice, replied "Good night, sir." Duff waited till Rutford's heavy step was no longer heard; then he rushed at John.
I know, for instance, that dust was thrown, and very cleverly thrown, into Rutford's eyes, and you helped to throw it. Don't speak! You didn't quite know what you were up to. Well, it's lucky for Lovell and Co. that one innocent kid was mixed up in that affair. But it's been rather unlucky for you. I'd sooner see you kicked about a bit by those fellows than petted.
Here he met other new boys, who regarded him curiously, but said nothing. John put on his hat, and gave Rutford's name to the young man who waited on him. He had an absurd feeling that the young man would say, "Oh yes Dirty Dick's!" One very nice-looking pink-cheeked boy said to another boy that he was at Damer's.
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