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All I hope is that you get the scholarship . '' `` I mean to try , just like you and Loman . '' And so they went into breakfast , which was a solemn meal , and despite Stephen 's care in hunting up delicacies , not very well partaken of . It seemed ages before the nine o'clock bell summoned them down to the Fifth Form room . Here , however , the sympathy and encouragement of their class-fellows amply served to pass the time till the examination began . `` Well , you fellows , '' cried Pembury , as the two entered , `` do you feel like winning ? '' `` Not more than usual , '' said Oliver .