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Tom, Dick and Harry

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
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What made you do that ?" "I expected, from my knowledge of your conduct, that you would come and try and get the blazer." "When have I disobeyed you before ?" "You know as well as I do, Tempest." "Yes, but I don't," said the magistrate.

"Answer the question." Mr Jarman thereupon gave his version of the affair at Camp Hill Bottom.
"The offence being," said the magistrate, "that the boys, Tempest among them, were out, on the afternoon of a holiday, half an hour from the school, with only a one quarter of an hour to get back.

You punished the boys, I understand." "Yes." "And Tempest took his punishment with the rest." "Yes." "I suppose it is a special indignity to a senior boy, captain of his house, to be paraded for extra drill with a lot of small boys, eh, Dr England ?" "I should consider it so," said the doctor.
"I did not feel myself called upon to make any difference," said Mr Jarman.
"Apparently not.

And on account of this affair, you say you expected Tempest would attempt to defy you last night ?" Mr Jarman bit his lips and did not reply.
Tempest resumed his questions with a coolness that surprised us.
"You were smoking, I think, Mr Jarman ?" "What if I was ?" "Nothing, only I wanted the magistrate to know it.

And you locked me into the gymnasium for half an hour till I kicked myself out.


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