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`` Well , you 'd better finish the scene , '' said Power ; `` what would Percival have said ? '' `` Thunder-and-lightning ? Oh ! that 's easy to decide ; he 'd have made two or three quotations ; he 'd have immediately called the attention of the form to the fact that Penkridge had been : -- '' ` Flung by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements ; from morn Till noon he fell , from noon till dewy eve ; A winter 's day , and as the tea-bell rang , Shot from the ceiling like a falling star On the great schoolroom floor . ' '' `` Would he , indeed ? '' said Mr Percival , pinching Henderson 's ear , as he came in just in time to join in the laugh which this parody occasioned . Tea at Saint Winifred 's is a regular and recognised institution .