He acquitted himself like a brick, and the last time did a thing which afforded his side an immense amount of secret satisfaction.

He caught the ball in his hands, and at the same moment Noaks made a fierce rush, meaning to knock him through the goal.

Diggory, with an engaging smile, hopped on one side, and the Philistine flung himself against the post, and bumped his head with a violence which might have cracked any ordinary skull.

He came back scowling.

A moment later Jack Vance ran into him, and took the ball from between his feet.