7, haven't we ?" said Duncan to Eric one day.
"Capital.

Old Llewellyn's a stunner, and I like Attlay and Graham." "Don't you like Bull then ?" "O yes; pretty well." The two boys looked each other in the face, then, like the confidential augurs, burst out laughing.
"You know you detest him," said Duncan.
"No, I don't.

He never did me any harm that I know of." "Him!--well, _I_ detest him." "Well!" answered Eric, "on coming to think of it, so do I.And yet he is popular enough in the school.

I wonder how that is." "He's not _really_ popular.

I've often noticed that fellows pretty generally despise him, yet somehow don't like to say so." "Why do you dislike him, Duncan ?" "I don't know.