Come on, you fellows." "May as well stay," suggested Parson.

"We'd better all turn up together." So it was decided not to break up the party, and that evening the unwonted spectacle of Telson, Parretts, and Welchers, sitting amicably together in one study, might have been noted as one of the greatest wonders of that wonderful term.
Of course boys could not sit and talk of nothing.

And of course it was hardly to be expected they would confine their conversation altogether to a review of their misdeeds.

The talk gradually became general, and occasionally even animated.
"Guess Pil and I will have to shut up chemistry after this," said Cusack.
Pilbury smiled grimly.
"What do you call the beastly stuff ?" asked Telson.
"Sulphuretted hydrogen," said Cusack, briskly.

"First of all you take a--" "Oh, shut up shop! We don't want a chemistry lecture," broke in Parson.
There was a brief pause, then Philpot asked, "I say, is it true then, there's not going to be a new race ?" "Of course not," said Parson; "what's the use when we can't be sure of fair play ?" "Jolly right too," said Cusack, delighted to agree with his old enemy for once; "those schoolhouse cads are cheats, every one of them ?" "All right!" exclaimed Telson jumping up; "I'll fight you, young Cusack, for that!" Cusack was somewhat taken aback by this unexpected outbreak, but was inclined, nevertheless, to accept the challenge.