24. “I say, Green,” Snooks began one night, “[ain’t, isn’t] that new boy, Harrison, your fag?”
“Yes; why?”
“Oh, I know something of him at home, and [would, should] like to excuse him—will you swap?”
“[Who, Whom] will you give me?”
“Well, let’s see; there’s Willis, Johnson—no, that won’t do. Yes, I have it—there’s young East, I’ll give you him.”
“Don’t you wish you may get it?” replied Green. “I’ll tell you what I’ll do—I’ll give you [if you like] two for Willis [if you like].”
“[Whom, Who] then?” asked Snooks.
“Hall and Brown.”
“[Shouldn’t, Wouldn’t] have ’em at a gift.”
25. By keeping out of bounds [all day], or at all events out of the house and quadrangle, [all day,] and [carefully] barring themselves [carefully] in at night, East and Tom managed to hold on without feeling very [miserably, miserable]; but it was as much as they could do.