Mr Campion's Fault
“‘Do you think that’s the replacement for Barmy Bertie?’ asked the larger of the two in a conspiratorial whisper.
‘Could be; how should I know?’ replied the other with studied indifference.
‘You two should get on well. All you carrot-tops stick together.’ ‘Don’t be a dunce, Andy. Just because we’ve both got ginger hair doesn’t mean we’re related and anyway, if he is the stand-in for poor Bertie, you’ll see more of him than I will on the rugby field with the under-fifteens.’ The two boys, their s...chool blazers and ties hanging fashionably askew, kept their voices low as they descended the stairs until the satisfying click of the staff room door signalled the all-clear. Only then did the boys’ voices resume their normal volume which a casual eavesdropper, had there been one, would have categorized as ‘argumentative’ given that the boys, as fourteen-year-olds of that sex are prone to do, punctuated their conversation with violent shoulder-to-shoulder nudges as if trying to force each other off a narrow bridge.MoreLess
‘Could be; how should I know?’ replied the other with studied indifference.
‘You two should get on well. All you carrot-tops stick together.’ ‘Don’t be a dunce, Andy. Just because we’ve both got ginger hair doesn’t mean we’re related and anyway, if he is the stand-in for poor Bertie, you’ll see more of him than I will on the rugby field with the under-fifteens.’ The two boys, their s...chool blazers and ties hanging fashionably askew, kept their voices low as they descended the stairs until the satisfying click of the staff room door signalled the all-clear. Only then did the boys’ voices resume their normal volume which a casual eavesdropper, had there been one, would have categorized as ‘argumentative’ given that the boys, as fourteen-year-olds of that sex are prone to do, punctuated their conversation with violent shoulder-to-shoulder nudges as if trying to force each other off a narrow bridge.MoreLess
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