"By-the-bye, did you hear that he had another row with 'Thirsty' last night ?" "No; what about ?" "Oh, the same thing as before.

Some fellows were making a beastly row in Thurston's study, and Browse couldn't work, so he threatened if they weren't quiet he'd report them to the doctor.

'Thirsty' came out in an awful wax, and said for two pins he'd knock Browse down; and young Collis, who was standing at the top of the stairs, says he believes he'd have done it if some of the other fellows in the Sixth hadn't come out and interfered." In the course of the afternoon Diggory secured Mugford's copy of Poe's tales, and (sad to relate) spent a good part of that evening's preparation in trying to unravel the secret of the mysterious missive which he had found in the box-room.

So intent was he on solving the problem that, instead of going down to supper with the majority of his companions, he remained seated at his desk, poring over the experiments which he was making according to directions given in the famous story of "The Gold Bug." "Well, how are you getting on ?" inquired Jack Vance, as the crowd came straggling back from the dining-hall.
"Oh, pretty well," answered the other.

"The first thing you have to do is to find E; it's the letter which occurs most frequently.