The September sun was hot and he felt sleepy. "The probity of parents sets the children's teeth on edge," said Cripps to himself, with a vague idea that he was quoting Scripture. He laid Sherlock Holmes face downwards on his knee and closed his eyes. What a long morning it had been! Might the maledictions of all righteous men fall upon that most mischievous of trivial diseases called mumps! Why had no doctor discovered the mump microbe and taken steps to stamp out the whole noxious tribe? They were footling fellows these doctors on the whole; all this trouble arose from the idiotic habit little girls have of kissing one another. Probably his little sister had kissed some wretched pig-tailed brat who was--Cripps had almost forgotten his wrongs in slumber when he was startled by a full sweet voice which carolled---- CONTENTS "Captain, art tha' sleeping down below?" Cripps sat up very straight and looked about him. Cripps sat up very straight and looked about him. "Why are you not in College?" the voice asked again. "Why are you not in College?" the voice asked again. Cripps looked up in the direction of the voice and leapt to his feet. Sherlock Holmes fell neglected on the grass. Cripps looked up in the direction of the voice and leapt to his feet. Sherlock Holmes fell neglected on the grass. Lallie was leaning out of the window just above him. Lallie was leaning out of the window just above him. "I beg your pardon," he exclaimed politely; "I didn't know you were there." "I beg your pardon," he exclaimed politely; "I didn't know you were there." "Naturally, for you were asleep. Now how comes it that you were falling asleep in the middle of the morning? That's what I want to know. Are you stopping with T--with Mr. Bevan too?" "Naturally, for you were asleep. Now how comes it that you were falling asleep in the middle of the morning? That's
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