“I won’t! I won’t! I swear I won’t!”
“He says he won’t lick us. Do you esteem yourself to know anything about bullyin’?”
“No, I don’t!”
“He says he doesn’t know anything about bullyin’. Haven’t we taught you a lot?”
“Yes—yes!”
“He says we’ve taught him a lot. Aren’t you grateful?”
“Yes!”
“He says he is grateful. Put him away. Oh, I forgot! I say, Campbell, what did you bully Clewer for?”
He wept anew; his nerves being raw. “Because I was a bully. I suppose that’s what you want me to say?”
“He says he is a bully. Right he is. Put him in the corner. No more japes for Campbell. Now, Sefton!”