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Four sons had he Harrovians all. Of these Caesar was youngest and last. Each had distinguished himself on the Hill either in work or play, or in both. Charles Desmond stood upon the step just above the master who was calling Bill. "That's Caesar's father," said Scaife. "I'm going to lunch with him. Isn't he a topper?" John's eyes were popping out of his face.
"No," replied Smith, firmly. "Really," said Hawkesbury. "I must appeal to Batchelor himself." "I shall answer for Batchelor," said Smith, not giving me time to reply. "Leave my room, please." "Do you hear? You leave the bloke's room," cried Billy. "Ef you don't you'll get a topper."
Ashurst still wore his uniform; but he seemed to have been rolling about in it on the ground; his sleek hair was wildly ruffled, and he was poking holes in the dust with his sword. Mackay had lost his topper, and wore a disreputable cap, his ancient frock-coat was without buttons, and his tie had worked itself up behind his ears.
"We put a seining-net round the quarter-deck, and play cricket or deck hockey every evening after tea to keep fit." "And they come into the gun-room when we have a sing-song on guest nights, and kick up a frightful shine. Oh, they're an awful fine lot." "The Captain is a topper, too. He has us to breakfast in turns." A third took up the epic.
At the meet I examined my mount closely while the man was lengthening my stirrup. Havoc, as he was called, was a dark chestnut, 16.1, with a coat like the back of a violin and a spiteful little head. He had an enormous bit on; and I was glad to see a leather strap under the curb-chain. When I was mounted, Peter kept close to my side and said: "You're on a topper!
Whereat Scrooge's niece's sister the plump one with the lace tucker, not the one with the roses blushed. After tea they had some music. For they were a musical family, and knew what they were about, when they sung a Glee or Catch, I can assure you, especially Topper, who could growl away in the bass like a good one, and never swell the large veins in his forehead, or get red in the face over it.
The Topper snatched as he went by. Linda Beach staggered, and her necklace broke, and this particular juvenile delinquent plunged into the crowd by the doorway and wormed his way through to lose himself in the crush outside. But now the cops from the squad-cars were at work. The lobby began to be partially cleared.
'Posh, he say, 'here's a letter with some money I niver expected to git, he say. 'That's a good job, when just then the boom come over wallop and caught him fair on the side of his hid, and knocked him oover into the harbour like one o'clock. He was a wearin' of his topper same as us'al, and all of a sudden up he come agin just as Jack an' me was raychin' oover arter him.
In which case the man with the twisted mouth was, more probably than not, none other than that same Bayard Shaynon whom the young lady was reported to have jilted so arbitrarily. Turning the topper over in his hands, it occurred to P. Sybarite to wonder if he did not, in it, hold a valuable clue to this riddle of identity.
Now the back of the breakwater was very rugged, for it was formed of huge stones, with wide gaps between, where the waters had washed out the cement, and worn their edges. But what impeded our progress secured our safety. "Halt!" cried Joe, when we were yet but a few yards beyond the shelter of the rocks. "There's a topper coming."
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