It's all a lie about the shilling.

Yours sincerely, T.J.

iv." Some of the Philosophers demurred to the sentence about the shilling, which appeared to commit them to an opinion they did not hold.

But I had my way for once, and retired to bed, when all was done, wondering whenever peace would come, and I and my friend should rejoice to see one another again as of old.
I do not know how soon I fell asleep.

It must have been pretty soon; for I can remember seeing Crofter come into the dormitory and turn out the gas; and I can remember in the general stillness hearing voices and the noise of poking the fire in Mr Sharpe's room downstairs.