And I expect you to stop all fights in future at once." "Very well, sir," said young Brooke, touching his hat, and not sorry to see the turret-door close behind the Doctor's back.
Meantime Tom and the stanchest of his adherents had reached Harrowell's, and Sally was bustling about to get them a late tea, while Stumps had been sent off to Tew, the butcher, to get a piece of raw beef for Tom's eye, which was to be healed off-hand, so that he might show well in the morning.

He was not a bit the worse, except a slight difficulty in his vision, a singing in his ears, and a sprained thumb, which he kept in a cold-water bandage, while he drank lots of tea, and listened to the babel of voices talking and speculating of nothing but the fight, and how Williams would have given in after another fall (which he didn't in the least believe), and how on earth the Doctor could have got to know of it--such bad luck! He couldn't help thinking to himself that he was glad he hadn't won; he liked it better as it was, and felt very friendly to the Slogger.

And then poor little Arthur crept in and sat down quietly near him, and kept looking at him and the raw beef with such plaintive looks that Tom at last burst out laughing.
"Don't make such eyes, young un," said he; "there's nothing the matter." "Oh, but, Tom, are you much hurt?
I can't bear thinking it was all for me." "Not a bit of it; don't flatter yourself.

We were sure to have had it out sooner or later." "Well, but you won't go on, will you?
You'll promise me you won't go on ?" "Can't tell about that--all depends on the houses.

We're in the hands of our countrymen, you know.