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upon it, he is now too far ahead to be
caught.”

“Well,” said West, in reply, “I doubt
whether Mertoun has gained so greatly
on Warbeck. If Harry is the quickest,
Charles is the surest; and though he
never gets many marks at a time, he
never fails to get one every lesson, and
Mertoun has often failed to do so. As
to ciphering, he was never much before
Sharpe; and I suspect they have changed
places within the last two days. Besides,
see how he has been doing his lessons for
the last two days; why, Dr. Young would
not give him the prize, if he were fifty
ahead.”

The conversation just’ detailed will give
our readers a fair idea of the feelings of
the boys, generally, towards the two prin-
cipal competitors for the first class prize