Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling
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"That may be," said King, "but I don't like Mason. I dislike him for the very reason that Prout advances to his credit. He means well." "Our criminal tradition is not theft--among ourselves, at least," said little Hartopp. "For the head of a house that raided seven head of cattle from the innocent pot-wallopers of Northam, isn't that rather a sweeping statement?" said Macrae. "Precisely so," said Hartopp, unabashed. "That, with gate-lifting, and a little poaching and hawk-hunting on the cliffs, is our salvation." "It does us far more harm as a school--" Prout began. "Than any hushed-up scandal could? Quite so. Our reputation among the farmers is most unsavory. But I would much sooner deal with any amount of ingenious crime of that nature than--some other offenses." "They may be all right, but they are unboylike, abnormal, and, in my opinion, unsound," Prout insisted. "The moral effect of their performances must pave the way for greater harm. It makes me doubtful how to deal with them. I might separate them." "You might, of course; but they have gone up the school together for six years. _I_ shouldn't care to do it," said Macrae. "They use the editorial 'we,'" said King, irrelevantly. "It annoys me. |
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