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`` And I 'll help if you like , '' added Noaks , who thought the present occasion a good opportunity to distinguish himself . `` All right , '' continued Thurston : `` you go down town and get some screws , Noaks -- two or three good long ones . '' `` Well , we 'll fix to-morrow night , '' said Fletcher . `` Keep awake , and meet at the top of B staircase , say at one o'clock ; then there 's no fear but what every one 'll be asleep . '' The Triple Alliance had for some hours ceased to puzzle their brains over either Virgil or cipher notes , and the whole of Ronleigh College was apparently wrapped in slumber , when three shadowy figures assembled on the landing at the top of staircase B , and proceeded noiselessly along the corridor , and down the side passage at the end of which Mr. Grice 's room was situated . `` Have you got the screws ? '' `` Yes , '' answered Noaks , producing a twist of paper from his pocket .