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Chapter 25

           

           Thepoorschoolmastershookhishead,andsaidthattheybarelyfilledthetwoforms.

           ‘Aretheothersclever,sir?’askedthechild,glancingatthetrophiesonthewall.

           ‘Goodboys,’returnedtheschoolmaster,‘goodboysenough,mydear,butthey’llneverdolikethat.’

           Asmallwhite-headedboywithasunburntfaceappearedatthedoorwhilehewasspeaking,andstoppingtheretomakearusticbow,cameinandtookhisseatupononeoftheforms.Thewhite-headedboythenputanopenbook,astonishinglydog’s-eareduponhisknees,andthrustinghishandsintohispocketsbegancountingthemarbleswithwhichtheywerefilled;displayingintheexpressionofhisfacearemarkablecapacityoftotallyabstractinghismindfromthespellingonwhichhiseyeswerefixed.Soonafterwardsanotherwhite-headedlittleboycamestragglingin,andafterhimared-headedlad,andafterhimtwomorewithwhiteheads,andthenonewithaflaxenpoll,andsoonuntiltheformswereoccupiedbyadozenboysorthereabouts,withheadsofeverycolourbutgrey,andrangingintheiragesfromfouryearsoldtofourteenyearsormore;forthelegsoftheyoungestwerealongwayfromthefloorwhenhesatupontheform,andtheeldestwasaheavygood-temperedfoolishfellow,abouthalfaheadtallerthantheschoolmaster.

           Atthetopofthefirstformthepostofhonourintheschoolwasthevacantplaceofthelittlesickscholar,andattheheadoftherowofpegsonwhichthosewhocameinhatsorcapswerewonttohangthemup,onewasleftempty.

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