The Gold Bat by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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the reel. Since then the thing has been dropped."
"But what about it? What were you going to say when you came in?" "Why, it's been revived!" "Rot!" "It's a fact. Do you know Mill, a prefect, in Seymour's?" "Only by sight." "I met him just now. He's in a raving condition. His study's been wrecked. You never saw such a sight. Everything upside down or smashed. He has been showing me the ruins." "I believe Mill is awfully barred in Seymour's," said Trevor. "Anybody might have ragged his study." "That's just what I thought. He's just the sort of man the League used to go for." "That doesn't prove that it's been revived, all the same," objected Trevor. "No, friend; but this does. Mill found it tied to a chair." It was a small card. It looked like an ordinary visiting card. On it, in neat print, were the words, "_With the compliments of the League_". |
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