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Updated: June 27, 2025
I had two minutes' whisper with Smith as we went down to breakfast. "Tell the fellows," said he, "that the signal to begin will be just when morning school is over. The Hen goes to get ready for dinner, and Shankley and Philpot are to follow and screw her up. The holes are already bored, so it won't take long." "Suppose she yells," suggested I.
A similar ceremony was enacted by Smith in delivering the "ultimatum" to the two masters, and we then adjourned for breakfast. "What shall we do to-day?" asked Flanagan, who was quite fresh again after yesterday's hard work. "Oh, any mortal thing you like," said Shankley. "I mean to go and have a rare walk over the roof." "I vote we make up a party and go down to the village," said another.
"So will I," said Shankley, "if you'll dig me in the ribs when I get sleepy." "I'll tell you what," said Smith, after having recovered himself. "Suppose we bring all the beds down and camp out on the landing." This was carried with acclamation, and every one forthwith proceeded to his dormitory, and reappeared staggering under the weight of his bedclothes.
It seemed a long journey to us, who sat listening in breathless silence, and at last the closing of her door seemed to resound all over the house. "Now then," said Smith to Shankley and Philpot, who, with their shoes off and their tools in their hands, stood ready, like two trained assassins, for the word of command. "Now then, and keep quiet, whatever you do!" They went.
"It's left to the captain," said Smith, shortly, "and that's my idea, if you agree." "We ought to bargain they don't take any more notice of this affair, or write home about it," suggested Shankley. "Who cares what they write home?" scornfully inquired Smith. "Ah, it may not matter to you," said Hawkesbury, smiling very sweetly, "but to all the rest of us it does."
There was nothing stately about their march. They darted up the stairs two steps at a time, and the last we saw of them was as they turned the corner into the passage, at the end of which was situate the enemy's fortress. It seemed a year before they returned! At last Shankley, with beaming face, burst into our midst. "It's all right!" said he, in an excited whisper.
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