nine
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I have never seen a more welcome arrival than Collier 's , because I had really been with the Subby a very long time , and to stand with an attentive expression for ten minutes at a stretch and listen to the usual remarks is in its way quite a feat . I found Ward waiting for me in the front quad , and he asked at once what had happened to me . `` Gated for three weeks , '' I answered ; `` I suppose I ought to consider myself lucky , he might have sent me down . '' `` It knocks all your fun on the head , '' he said , `` being in by nine o'clock every night is average rot . '' `` It wo n't matter to me , I am going to settle down and read for a first in Mods , '' and I turned into the common room and picked up _ The Sportsman _ . There were no other men in the room , and Ward stood in front of the fire and kept looking at me as if he wanted to say something and could not manage to begin . I read the names of the ` Varsity XV .