One of the ripples, you see, of Brigson's influence." Before they got home they caught up Wright and Vernon, and walked in together.
"We've been talking," said Wright, "about a bad matter.

Vernon here says that there's no good working for a prize in his form, because the cribbing's so atrocious.

Indeed, it's very nearly as bad in my form.

It always is under Gordon; he _can't_ understand fellows doing dishonorable things." "It's a great bore in the weekly examinations," said Vernon; "every now and then Gordon will even leave the room for a few minutes, and then out come dozens of books." "Well, Wright," said Montagu, "if that happens again next examination, I'd speak out about it." "How ?" "Why, I'd get every fellow who disapproves of it to give me his name, and get up and read the list, and say that you at least have pledged yourselves not to do it." "Humph! I don't know how that would answer.

They'd half kill me for one thing." "Never mind; do your duty.