A  few  collects,  and  the  Lord's  Prayer,  in  which  all  the
young  voices  joined,  drowning  for  a  minute  the  noises  from
the  court  outside,,  finished  the  evening's  schooling.  The
children  trooped  out,  and  Grey  went  to  speak  to  the  woman
who  kept  the  house,  Tom,  left  to  himself,  felt  strangely
happy,  and,  for  something  to  do,  took  the  snuffers  and  com-


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menced  a  crusade  against  a  large  family  of  bugs,  who,  taking
advantage  of  the  quiet,  came  cruising  out  of  a  crack  in  the
otherwise  neatly  papered  wall.  Some  dozen  had  fallen  on  his
spear  when  Grey  re-appeared,  and  was  much  horrified  at  the
sight.  He  called  the  woman,  and  told  her  to  have  the  hole
carefully  fumigated  and  mended.
"  I  thought  we  had  killed  them  all  long  ago,"  he  said  ;  "  but
the  place  is  tumbling  down."

"  It  looks  well  enough,"  said  Tom.
"  Yes,  we  have  kept  it  as  tidy  as  possible.  It  ought  to  be,
at  least,  a  little  better  than  what  the  children  see  at  home."
And  so  they  left  the  school  and  court,  and  walked  up  to  college.
"  Where  are  you  going  ! "  Tom  said,  as  they  entered  the
gate.
