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But you 'll grow , and captain will learn you how to ply your fists , and when it comes to a fight , mind of my fighting name , and punch hard . '' Then , having promised to see his mother and do what I could to console her , I wrung his hand and wished him well , and he climbed out again by the window , and in the starlight I watched him carry the ladder across the yard ; and then with a final wave of the hand he vanished into the night . Chapter 3 : I Meet The Mohocks . At breakfast I said nothing of Joe 's midnight visit , reckoning that it would not be long before the news of his flight got abroad . It was indeed the subject of a great buzz of talk among my schoolfellows , who flocked about me as I walked down Castle Street , demanding to hear the full story from my own lips . I could tell them nothing that they did not know , save only my leave-taking with Joe Punchard , which , of course , I had resolved to keep very close . I learned from them that Cyrus was abed , and like to stay there , said Mr. Pinhorn , for a week or more .