ith a savage flash of the eyes which told
how ill "Coventry" was agreeing with his spirits. The cheers, with
which he was greeted, due quite as much to his pluck in coming to-day as
to his exploit at the match last Saturday, appeared to disconcert rather
than please him, and he took a corner seat as far as possible from the
Classic seniors present. When, however, Percy and Co. entered the Hall,
a much livelier demonstration ensued. Cheers and compliments and pats
on the back showered fast on the youthful "blacklegs," and tended
greatly to exaggerate in their own eyes the importance of their action.

"We shall get jolly well welted for it, you fellows," said Percy, with
all the swagger of a popular martyr. "Never mind; we aren't going to be
done out of Hall for anybody."

"At any rate, they won't hurt _you_ for it," cried Wally, disparaging.
"Kids like you won't hurt."

"We've come to see you cads don't get it all your own way," said Cash.
"That's what we've come for!"

"Ho, ho! Hope you've brought your lunch. You'll be kept here a day or
two, if you're going to wait for that!"

When Yorke and the other prefects arrived on the scene there were, of
course, loud cheers; but as the opposition was not there to make any
counter-demonstration, it was not quite as noisy as on former occasions.

Percy did, indeed, attempt to get up a little opposition at this stage
by calling for "three cheers for the Moderns"; but as he was left to
give them by himself--even his own adherents declining to be drawn into
cheers for Clapperton--the display fell rather flat.

The captain's speech was short and to the point. Of course they knew
why the meeting was called. There had been mutiny at Fellsgarth.
Fellows had deliberately set themselves against his authority as
captain, which was a minor thing, and against the success of Fellsgarth
in sports, which was a low and shabby thing. (Cheers.) He wasn't going
to mention names; but he meant to say this, that they had much better
dissolve the club right away--(No, no)--than not all pull together.
Last Saturday, as every one knew, they had been left utterly in the
lurch; and but for good luck, and the good play of some of the fifteen--
amongst whom, he was glad to say, was one fellow who had had the pluck
to act on his own judgment of what was due to the School--(loud and
prolonged cheers, in the midst of which Corder perked up, and looked
pleased)--they had held their own with a ve