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I 'll go and get that note . '' Two minutes later he returned , full of abusive references to Mr. Day . The crafty pedagogue appeared to have foreseen Dunstable 's attempt to circumvent him by doing the Greek numerals on the chance of his setting them . The imposition he had set in his note was ten pages of irregular verbs , and they were to be shown up in his study before five o'clock . Linton 's programme for the afternoon was out of the question now . But he loyally gave up any other plans which he might have formed in order to help Dunstable with his irregular verbs . Dunstable was too disgusted with fate to be properly grateful .