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Wheatley said, “How many ties do you suppose A. A.’s got?”
“I began counting last term,” said Tamplin, “and got to thirty.”
“Including bows?”
“Yes.”
“Of course, he’s jolly rich.”
“Why doesn’t he keep a car, then?” asked Jorkins.
The hour after breakfast was normally devoted to letter-, but today a railway strike had been called and there were no posts. Moreover, since it was the start of term, there was no Sunday Lesson. The whole morning was therefore free and Charles had extracted permission to spend it in the Drawing School. He collected his materials and was soon happily at work.
The poem—Ralph Hodgson’s “’Twould ring the bells of Heaven The wildest peal for years, If Parson lost his senses And people came to theirs ...”—was one of Frank’s favourites. In the happy days when he had been House Tutor of Head’s, Frank had read poetry aloud on Sunday evenings to any in Head’s who cared to come, which was mostly the lower half of