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Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902

"The Way of All Flesh"


Smoking Drinking beer Swearing Notes
at the "Swan and Obscene
and Bottle." Language.
Smith O O XX Will smoke
next half
Brown XXX O X
Jones X XX XXX
Robinson XX XX X
And thus through the whole school.
Of course, in justice to Ernest, Dr Skinner would be bound over to
secrecy before a word was said to him, but, Ernest being thus protected,
he could not be furnished with the facts too completely.


CHAPTER XLIII

So important did Theobald consider this matter that he made a special
journey to Roughborough before the half year began. It was a relief to
have him out of the house, but though his destination was not mentioned,
Ernest guessed where he had gone.
To this day he considers his conduct at this crisis to have been one of
the most serious laches of his life--one which he can never think of
without shame and indignation. He says he ought to have run away from
home. But what good could he have done if he had? He would have been
caught, brought back and examined two days later instead of two days
earlier.


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