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'Fame, fame, that glittering bauble, it is mine,' he cried. 'Is it quite good form to be distinguished at anything?' the tap tap from his school replied. 'I am the only man whom Barbecue feared,' he urged; 'and Flint himself feared Barbecue.' 'Barbecue, Flint  what house?' came the cutting retort. FAME FAME THAT GLITTERING BAUBLE IT IS MINE HE CRIED IS IT QUITE GOOD FORM TO BE DISTINGUISHED AT ANYTHING THE TAP TAP FROM HIS SCHOOL REPLIED I AM THE ONLY MAN WHOM BARBECUE FEARED HE URGED AND FLINT HIMSELF FEARED BARBECUE BARBECUE FLINT WHAT HOUSE CAME THE CUTTING RETORT
cause he was so terribly alone. This inscrutable man never felt more alone than when surrounded by his dogs. They were socially so inferior to him. Hook was not his true name. To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze; but as those who read between the lines must already have guessed, he had been at a famous public school; and its traditions still clung to him like garments, with which indeed they are largely concerned. Thus it was offensive to him even now to board a ship in the same dress in which he grappled her; and he still adhered in his walk to the school's distinguished slouch. But above all he retained the passion for good form. Good form! However much he may have degenerated, he still knew that this is all that really matters. From far within him he heard a creaking as of rusty portals, and through them came a stern tap-tap-tap, like hammering in the night when one cannot sleep. 'Have you been good form to-day?' was their eternal question. OF THE NIGHT IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS SO TERRIBLY ALONE THIS INSCRUTABLE MAN NEVER FELT MORE ALONE THAN WHEN SURROUNDED BY HIS DOGS THEY WERE SOCIALLY SO INFERIOR TO HIM HOOK WAS NOT HIS REAL NAME TO REVEAL WHO HE REALLY WAS WOULD EVEN AT THIS DATE SET THE COUNTRY IN A BLAZE BUT AS THOSE WHO READ BETWEEN THE LINES MUST ALREADY HAVE GUESSED HE HAD BEEN AT A FAMOUS PUBLIC SCHOOL AND HIS TRADITION STILL CLUNG TO HIM LIKE GARMENTS WITH WHICH INDEED THEY ARE LARGELY CONCERNED THUS IT WAS OFFENSIVE TO HIM EVEN NOW TO BOARD A SHIP IN THE SAME DRESS IN WHICH HE GRAPPLED HER AND HE STILL ADHERED IN HIS WALK TO THE SCHOOL'S DISTINGUISHED SLOUCH BUT ABOVE ALL HE RETAINED THE PASSION FOR GOOD FORM GOOD FORM HOWEVER MUCH HE MAY HAVE DEGENERATED HE STILL KNEW THAT THIS WAS ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS FROM FAR WITHIN HIM HE HEARD A CREAKING AS OF RUSTY PORTALS AND THROUGH THEM CAME A STERN TAP TAP TAP LIKE HAMMERING IN THE NIGHT WHEN ONE CANNOT SLEEP HAVE YOU BEEN GOOD FORM TO DAY WAS THEIR ETERNAL QUESTION
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