2012年3月18日星期日
The team was filledup
What should he say to Bob? What would Bob say to him? Dash it all, itmade him look such an awful _ass_! Anyhow, Bob couldn't do much.
In fact he didn't see that he could do anything. The team was filledup, and Burgess was not likely to alter it. Besides, why should healter it? Probably he would have given Bob his colours anyhow. Still,it was beastly awkward. Marjory meant well, but she had put her footright in it. Girls oughtn't to meddle with these things. No girl oughtto be taught to write till she came of age. And Uncle John had behavedin many respects like the Complete Rotter. If he was going to let outthings like that, he might at least have whispered them, or lookedbehind the curtains to see that the place wasn't chock-full of femalekids. Confound Uncle John!
Throughout the dinner-hour Mike kept out of Bob's way. But in a smallcommunity like a school it is impossible to avoid a man for ever. Theymet at the nets.
"Well?" said Bob.
"How do you mean?" said Mike.
"Did you read it?""Yes.""Well, is it all rot, or did you--you know what I mean--sham a crockedwrist?""Yes," said Mike, "I did."Bob stared gloomily at his toes.
"I mean," he said at last, apparently putting the finishing-touch tosome train of thought, "I know I ought to be grateful, and all that. Isuppose I am. I mean it was jolly good of you--Dash it all," he brokeoff hotly, as if the putting his position into words had suddenlyshowed him how inglorious it was, "what did you want to do if_for_? What was the idea? What right have you got to go aboutplaying Providence over me? Dash it all, it's like giving a fellowmoney without consulting him.""I didn't think you'd ever know. You wouldn't have if only that assUncle John hadn't let it out.""How did he get to know? Why did you tell him?""He got it out of me. I couldn't choke him off. He came down when youwere away at Geddington, and would insist on having a look at my arm,and naturally he spotted right away there was nothing the matter withit. So it came out; that's how it was."Bob scratched thoughtfully at the turf with a spike of his boot.
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