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 He made the day a holiday. He had been told that he was in for a little excitement, for it was held that fitting time had arrived for another scrap with Dove Lane; but the affair was not yet moving. Snob Spicer had broken a window with a Dove-Laner's head, it was true, but nothing had come of it, and etiquette demanded that the next card should be played by Dove Lane. For the present, the Jago was content to take thought for Josh's "friendly lead." Such a thing was everybody's right on return from a lagging, and this one was fixed for a night next week. All that day Mr. Weech looked out anxiously, but Josh Perrott never passed his way.