Fortitude by Sir Hugh Walpole
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"No, I hate it," said Peter.
"Oh, I say! What's your name?" "Peter." "Peter! Oh! but your other name. The fellows will rag you most awfully if you tell them your Christian name." "Westcott, then." "Mine's Cheeseman. I'm going to like everybody here and get on. I say, shall we be chums?" "No." "Oh, I say! Why not?" "Because I don't like you." "Oh, I say!" "In another minute I'll break your neck." "Oh! I say!" The piping boy sprang up from the play-box and stood away. "All right, you needn't be ratty about it! I'll tell the fellows you said your name was Peter! They'll give it you." And the piping boy moved down the passage whistling casually. |
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