"Won't they pay for this!"
"West shall hear if they don't let us in sharp."
"I'll knock their heads together when I do get in!"
"The impudent beggars! We'll give them such a lesson!"
But within all was glee and triumph. Simmons and Bacon fairly danced with malicious satisfaction, whilst Armitage and Mason chuckled grimly.
"What'll they do? Go round to the front?"
"They'll catch it if they do."
"We shall too if the joke once reaches West," said Jack. "Don't you think you might wind up the trick now, and let them in?"
"All in good time," said Mason coolly. The banging at the entrance grew terrific, and though separated from the first class-room by a long passage, he had to raise his voice to be heard above it. "Let's be quite sure that we're ready for them. You—Bacon and Armitage—have you done your job?"