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Mike was still silent . The reflection was doubtless philosophic , but it failed to comfort him . Bad news spreads quickly . By the quarter to eleven interval next day the facts concerning Wyatt and Mr. Wain were public property . Mike , as an actual spectator of the drama , was in great request as an informant . As he told the story to a group of sympathisers outside the school shop , Burgess came up , his eyes rolling in a fine frenzy . `` Anybody seen young -- oh , here you are .