The Triple Alliance - Its trials and triumphs by Harold Avery
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"The goal-posts aren't up yet," said Carton, "and this is only what's called the junior field; the one beyond is where the big fellows play. The pavilion is over the hedge there, with the flagstaff by the side of it. That's the match ground, and there's room for another game besides." "Where do all the fellows go when they aren't out of doors?" asked Diggory. "Well, the Sixth all have studies; then comes Remove, and those chaps have a room to themselves; all the rest have desks in the big school, and you hang about there, though of course, if you like, there's the gymnasium, or the box-room--that's where a lot of fellows spend most of their time." "What sort of a place is that?" "Oh, it's where the play-boxes are kept. Come along; we'll go there next." They passed once more through the double doors, and were crossing the quadrangle, when a certain incident attracted their notice, unimportant in itself, but indicating a strong contrast in the manner of life at Ronleigh to what they had always been accustomed to at The Birches. A youngster was tearing up a piece of paper and scattering the fragments about on the gravel. "Hi, you there!" cried a voice; "pick that up. What d'you mean by making that mess here?" |
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