The heroes looked at one another dismally.
"We must lump it," said Percy.

"They can't do anything very bad." "Can't they ?" said Cottle.

"Were you ever licked by Brinkman ?" "No," said the others.
"All right--I have been--that's all." This sounded alarming.

D'Arcy said-- "Why don't you come over to our side, and out that lot! We could have no end of larks if you were Classics, instead of little Modern beasts." "Our side's as good as yours," snapped Lickford.

"All serene; you'd better go and join them," said Wally.
This did not advance the argument much further.