Page 90 CHAPTER VIIIfrom an old woman on Barnspool Bridge. He saw
himself in his d.b. waistcoat and pink carnation and with rolled
umbrella ; on the station, meeting his people ; the brilliant scene
on Upper Club ; lunch in Wren's private dining-reom ; strolling
round with Joan, then tea in his own room, and the fireworks and
procession of boats at night. And, most of all, he thought of all
the things he wanted to say ; all the experiences he wanted to
unload ; things he seemed to have done lately at Eton with the
sole object of relating them to someone else. Little things like
ragging Perrier, when Perrier had jumped up and exclaimed, " You
will take two hundred tickets and one yellow line," and Perrier
could not understand why the whole division was dissolved in laughter.
He decided to tell his people about his tanning. He had kept his
beatings secret or alluded to them in a casual way. But now he
felt he could tell everything. He so wanted his father and mother
to share his Eton life with him. It would be easier to-day. Past
efforts had dried up in arid half truths. Eton and Wren's had refused
to be told. His mother still groped after the life he really led,
while his father frowned at the bald results. But the Fourth of
June would put it right. The sun had risen now and it was going
to be hot on Upper Club. " I got six up father, as hard as
Freeman could lam in. I got six up," Denis repeated and fell
asleep. |
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