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`` Is that like him ? '' said Moreton , producing a caricature which he had just sketched . `` Capital , -- very good , -- perfect . M'Cleary shall have it in his window by noon to-day , '' said Power . At this instant some of the combustibles disposed among the rejected habiliments of my late vocation caught fire , and squibs , crackers , and detonating shots went off on all sides . The bursar , who had not been deaf to several hints and friendly suggestions about setting fire to him , blowing him up , etc. , with one vigorous spring burst from his antagonists , and clearing the table at a bound , reached the floor . Before he could be seized , he had gained the door , opened it , and was away .