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And so, in summer, when he came back to the pavilion after a slow but eminently safe game, it mattered not whether he had made nothing or, as once happened, a hundred and three, the school shouted just the same, and women folk who had come to look at the match looked at Cottar—Cottar, _major;_ "that's Cottar!" AND SO IN SUMMER WHEN HE CAME BACK TO THE PAVILION AFTER A SLOW BUT EMINENTLY SAFE GAME IT MATTERED NOT WHETHER HE HAD MADE NOTHING OR AS ONCE HAPPENED A HUNDRED AND THREE THE SCHOOL SHOUTED JUST THE SAME AND WOMEN FOLK WHO HAD COME TO LOOK AT THE MATCH LOOKED AT COTTER COTER MAJOR THAT'S COTTER
nd a light half-back at Little Side foot-ball; was pushed and prodded through the slack backwaters of the Lower Fourth, where the raffle of a school generally accumulates; won his “second-fifteen” cap at foot-ball, enjoyed the dignity of a study with two companions in it, and began to look forward to office as a sub-prefect. At last he blossomed into full glory as head of the school, ex-officio captain of the games; head of his house, where he and his lieutenants preserved discipline and decency among seventy boys from twelve to seventeen; general arbiter in the quarrels that spring up among the touchy Sixth—and intimate friend and ally of the Head himself. When he stepped forth in the black jersey, white knickers, and black stockings of the First Fifteen, the new match-ball under his arm, and his old and frayed cap at the back of his head, the small fry of the lower forms stood apart and worshipped, and the “new caps” of the team talked to him ostentatiously, that the world might see. D FAG OF THE LOWER THIRD AND LIGHT HALF BACK AT LITTLE SIDE FOOTBALL WAS PUSHED AND PRODDED THROUGH THE SLACK BACKWATERS OF THE LOWER FORTH WHERE THE RAFFLE OF A SCHOOL GENERALLY ACCUMULATES WON HIS SECOND FIFTEEN CAP AT FOOTBALL ENJOYED THE DIGNITY OF HIS STUDY WITH TWO COMPANIONS IN IT AND BEGAN TO LOOK FORWARD TO OFFICE AS A SUB PREFECT AT LAST HE BLOSSOMED INTO FULL GLORY AS HEAD OF THE SCHOOL EX OFFICIO CAPTAIN OF THE GAMES HEAD OF HIS HOUSE WHERE HE AND HIS LIEUTENANTS PRESERVED DISCIPLINE AND DECENCY AMONG SEVENTY BOYS FROM TWELVE TO SEVENTEEN GENERAL ARBITER IN THE QUARRELS THAT SPRING UP AMONG THE TOUCHY SIXTH AND INTIMATE FRIEND AND ALLY OF THE HEAD HIMSELF WHEN HE STEPPED FORTH IN THE BLACK JERSEY WHITE KNICKERS AND BLACK STOCKINGS OF THE FIRST FIFTEEN THE NEW MATCH BALL UNDER HIS ARM AND HIS OLD AND FRAYED CAP AT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD THE SMALL FRY OF THE LOWER FORMS STOOD APART AND WORSHIPPED AND THE NEW CAPS OF THE TEAM TALKED TO HIM OSTENTATIOUSLY THAT THE WORLD MIGHT SEE
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