It was a perilous voyage, for he was two feet away, and scarcely dare move at a greater rate than an inch a minute.

He got there at last, nearly done up, and with a sigh of relief leaned his head against the cold plaster.
"Rosher, stand at the other end of the form immediately, and learn twenty more dates for being idle." Alas poor Teddy! He had held out long, and braved much.

But his heart quailed now.

He seemed glued to the wall, and the form all of a sudden seemed to contract into a tight-rope over a chasm.
"I'm so tired, sir, I--" "Silence, sir! and do what you're told," thundered Jonah.
Teddy staggered forward half a step, but shrank back before he had finished it to the friendly wall.
Trimble rose from his seat.
"Do you hear me ?" he shouted furiously.

"Stand where I tell you." "Please, sir, I can't.