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hat she wasn’t quite herself yet and very sensibly offered her a peppermint. He had one too. Presently Jill began to see things in a clearer light.
“I’m sorry,Scrubb,”she said presently. “I wasn’t fair. You have done all that—this term.”
“Then wash out last term if you can,”said Eustace. “I was a different chap then. I was—gosh ! What a little tick I was.”
“Well,honestly,you were.”said Jill.
“You think there has been a change,then ?”said Eustace.
“It’s not only me,”said Jill. “Everyone’s been saying so. They’ve noticed it. Eleanor Blakiston heard Adela Pennyfather talking about it in our changing room yesterday. She said, ‘Someone’s got hold of that Scrubb kid. He’s quite unmanageable this term. We shall have to attend to him next. ’”
Eustace gave a shudder. Everyone at Experiment House knew what it was like being“attended to” by them.
Both children were quiet for a moment. The drops dripped off the laurel leaves.
“Why were you so