16/18 "I fancy if we'd got some good enough men he'd be only too glad to put them in. After all, the glory of the school is the chief thing." "Tucker and Silk will never practise," said Cusack. "I know _I_ would if I'd got the chance." "Well, I don't see why you shouldn't start the House Cricket Club this year, at any rate," said Riddell. We wanted them to do it, didn't we, Pil ?" "Rather!" said Pil; "and they told us to mind our own business." "Suppose we start it ourselves ?" suggested the captain; "I'm a Welcher now, you know. I don't see why, because Tucker and Silk object, the whole house should be done out of its cricket." "No more do I," said Philpot. |