[15] "Chaw," short for Chawbacon.
[16] "Tique," ab. for arithmetic. "Tique-beaks" are mathematical masters.
[17] To "sky," i.e. to charge and overthrow.
[18] In the Harrow game a boy may turn and kick the ball into the hands of one of his own side. The boy who catches it calls "Yards!" and, the opposite side withdrawing three yards, the catcher is allowed a free kick.
CHAPTER V
Fellowship
"Fellowship is Heaven, and the lack of it is Hell."
John was squelching through the mud, wondering whether his nose was broken or not, when Lawrence touched his shoulder.