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No more false poses . Praise won by dissimulation and deceit was empty , anyhow , and did he escape this once , henceforth the world should know J. Wallingford Speed for what he was -- an average individual , with no uncommon gifts of mind or body , courage or ability . Yet it was small comfort to realize that he was getting his just deserts , and it likewise availed little to anathematize Fresno as the cause of his misfortune . At noon Wally went through the mockery of a second blood-rare meal , with no cake to follow , and that afternoon Glass dragged him out under the hot sun , and made him sprint until he was ready to drop from exhaustion . His supper was wretched , and his fatigue so great that he fell asleep at Miss Blake 's side during the evening . With the first hint of dawn he was up again , and Friday noon found him utterly hopeless , when , true to his prediction , the unexpected happened . In one moment he was raised from the blackest depths to the wildest transports of delight .