How that stuff in the bottle stinks! Never mind; I ain't going to stop; but you come up after prayers to our study.

You know young Arthur.

We've got Gray's study.

We'll have a good supper and talk about bird-nesting." Martin was evidently highly pleased at the invitation, and promised to be up without fail.
As soon as prayers were over, and the sixth and fifth form boys had withdrawn to the aristocratic seclusion of their own room, and the rest, or democracy, had sat down to their supper in the hall, Tom and Arthur, having secured their allowances of bread and cheese, started on their feet to catch the eye of the prepostor of the week, who remained in charge during supper, walking up and down the hall.

He happened to be an easy-going fellow, so they got a pleasant nod to their "Please may I go out ?" and away they scrambled to prepare for Martin a sumptuous banquet.
This Tom had insisted on, for he was in great delight on the occasion, the reason of which delight must be expounded.