We did get it a little hot at first until we pulled together and came up in a body." "Never mind," said Pilbury, "it was a jolly fine show-up for Pony.

He's sure to get in; the Radicals were nowhere." "And what are you going to say to the doctor in the morning ?" asked Riddell.
"Eh?
oh, I suppose we shall catch it.

Never mind, there'll be lots to keep us company.

And we've given Pony a stunning leg-up." And so the two heroes, highly delighted with themselves, and still far too excited to feel ashamed of their mutinous conduct, departed to talk over the day's doings with the rest of their set, and rejoice in the glorious "leg-up" they had given to the Whig candidate.
Other fellows looked in, and bit by bit Riddell picked up the whole history of that eventful afternoon.
It did not appear whether the wholesale breaking of bounds had been a preconcerted act or a spontaneous and infectious impulse on the part of the whole school.

Whichever it was, directly dinner was over and the monitors had retired to their houses, a general stampede had been made for Shellport, and almost before many of the truants knew where they were they were in the thick of the election crowd.
At first each set vented its loyalty in its own peculiar way.