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rumour of the arrival of "a new fellow," circulated with rapidity through the inmates of Burnsley Vicarage, and about fifty young devils were preparing to quiz the newcomer, when the school-room door opened, and Mr. Dallas, accompanied by Vivian, entered.

"A dandy, by Jove!" whispered St. Leger Smith. "What a knowing set out," squeaked Johnson secundus. " Mammy-sick," growled Barlow primus. This last exclamation was, however, a most scandalous libel, for certainly no being ever stood in a pedagogue's presence