“Very well,” said Bevis, “no punching, and no tripping—pushing and wrestling quite fair.”
“Wrestling,” said Ted directly. “That will do.”
“Stupid,” said Mark to Bevis; then louder, “Only nice wrestling, no ‘scrumpshing.’”
“No ‘scrumpshing,’” shouted everybody.
Ted stamped his foot, but it was of no use. Everybody was for fair and pleasant fighting.
“Never mind,” said Ted. “We’ll shove you out of the field.”
“Yah! yah!” said Charlie, making faces at him.
“If anybody does what’s agreed shan’t be done,” said Mark, still anxious to stop Ted’s design; “that will lose the battle, even if it’s won.”
“It ought to be all fair,” said Val, who was very big, but straightforward.
“If anything’s done unfair, that counts against whoever does it,” said Cecil.