They may, for all I shall interfere.

If it's a family affair, you don't catch me poking my nose into it!" "Engaged, is he ?" cried Felgate, laughing.

"What a joke!" "It's nothing to do with us," said Barnworth, "whether he is or not." "Unless he goes in for favouritism; which it seems he is doing," said Ainger.
"Well, even so, you've washed your hands of young Herapath, and he's a lucky chap.

But having done so, I don't see what it matters to us how many wives or sweethearts he has." "It seems to me," said Ainger, who was still discontented, "we shall get no more backing from him than we did from Moss.

I don't care twopence about that young ass Herapath; but if the house is to go on as it was last term, and we are to be interfered with by Bickers and nobody to stand up for us, we may as well shut up at once, and let him appoint new prefects." "Yes, but are you sure he won't back us up ?" drawled Barnworth.