[The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed]@TWC D-Link bookThe Willoughby Captains CHAPTER ELEVEN 15/19
If he did, he thought better of it, and turned away, muttering to himself that he would pay them all out, let them see if he did not. Threats of this sort were not unheard-of things from Gilks, and no one was greatly disturbed by them.
On the whole, Fairbairn's decision was approved of by most of the schoolhouse partisans, particularly those who had watched the proceedings of the morning.
A few thought Gilks might have been accorded a second chance, but the majority argued that if a fellow caught crabs like that in a practice he would probably do it in the race, and they did not want the risk of that. As to his excuse about the steering, every one who knew anything about that knew it meant nothing, and Gilks did not repeat it. As he reached the school Silk met him with angry looks. "Is it true what I hear," said he, "that you're out of the boat ?" "Yes, it is," growled Gilks. "Why, you idiot! whatever have you done this for ?" "I did nothing.
They wanted to get rid of me, and they did." "Yes, because you hadn't the ordinary sense to keep up appearances till the race, and must begin to practise your tricks a month beforehand!" said Silk, greatly enraged, for him. "All very well," said Gilks, sullenly.
"I should have liked to see you rowing your best with that puppy steering; thinking he's doing it so wonderfully, the prig!" "And just because you hadn't the patience to hold out a week or two you go and spoil everything.
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