“No sneaking business,” shouted everybody. “No sneaking and hitting behind.”
“Certainly not,” said Bevis. “All quite fair.”
“Somebody must watch Ted, then,” said Charlie from the oak.
Ted picked up a piece of dead stick and threw it at him. He dodged it like a squirrel.
“If you say such things,” said Bevis, very angry, “you shan’t fight. Do you hear?”
“Yes,” said Charlie, penitent. “I won’t any more. But it’s true,” he whispered to Fred under him.
“Everything’s ready now, isn’t it?” said Ted.
“Yes, I think so,” said Bevis.
“You haven’t fixed the day,” said Val.
“No, more I have.”