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The Master of the Shell

CHAPTER TWELVE
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CHAPTER TWELVE.
THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET.
Arthur's great hit at the Central Criminal Court was the topic in the junior circles at Railsford's for some days.

It was hardly to be expected that Sir Digby Oakshott would share in the general admiration which fell to his friend's lot.

That young baronet had a painful sense of having come off second best at the trial, and the relations between the friends became considerably strained in consequence.

What made it harder for Dig was that Arthur had suddenly gained quite a prestige among the lower boys of the house, who, without being too curious, arrived at the conclusion that he knew a thing or two about Railsford in connection with the row about Bickers, and was keeping it dark.
Strangely enough, from the same cause, Railsford himself leapt into sudden popularity with his juniors.

For if he, argued they, was the man who paid out Bickers for them, then, although it put them to a little inconvenience, they were resolved as one man to back their hero up, and cover his retreat to the best of their ability.


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