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`` We 'll all be there , '' declared Spoff Henderson . `` But , remember , Dick Prescott , you 're in honor bound to tell us at last . '' `` You wo n't find me dodging or up to any tricks , '' Dick agreed solemnly . `` Until five o'clock , then . '' Dick started along . At first quite a crowd went with him , but by degrees the number decreased until only his own five immediate chums were with him . `` Say , '' suggested Reade suddenly , `` since you 're going to make a public , show of this , Dick , you ought to let our little crowd in on a private view . ''