"Here, here's Scud East--you'll be tossed, won't you, young un ?" Scud was East's nickname, or Black, as we called it, gained by his fleetness of foot.
"Yes," said East, "if you like, only mind my foot." "And here's another who didn't hide .-- Hullo! new boy; what's your name, sir ?" "Brown." "Well, Whitey Brown, you don't mind being tossed ?" "No," said Tom, setting his teeth.
"Come along then, boys," sang out Walker; and away they all went, carrying along Tom and East, to the intense relief of four or five other small boys, who crept out from under the beds and behind them.
"What a trump Scud is!" said one.

"They won't come back here now." "And that new boy, too; he must be a good-plucked one." "Ah! wait till he has been tossed on to the floor; see how he'll like it then!" Meantime the procession went down the passage to Number 7, the largest room, and the scene of the tossing, in the middle of which was a great open space.

Here they joined other parties of the bigger boys, each with a captive or two, some willing to be tossed, some sullen, and some frightened to death.

At Walker's suggestion all who were afraid were let off, in honour of Pater Brooke's speech.
Then a dozen big boys seized hold of a blanket, dragged from one of the beds.

"In with Scud; quick! there's no time to lose." East was chucked into the blanket.