'Well, well, we must go to prayers, and I haven't finished my pipes. He took his gown from the peg behind the door and slipped it over his shoulders.
'Perhaps one day I shall see Light, he said, 'and then I shall go back to the ministry. Meanwhile ‑
Clutterbuck ran past the door, whistling hideously.
'That's a nasty little boy, said Mr Prendergast, 'if ever there was one.
CHAPTER V Discipline
Prayers were held downstairs in the main hall of the Castle. The boys stood ranged along the panelled walls, each holding in his hands a little pile of books. Grimes sat on one of the chairs beside the baronial chimneypiece.
'Morning, he said to Paul; 'only just down, I'm afraid. Do I smell of drink?
'Yes, said Paul.
'Comes of missing breakfast. Prendy been telling you about his Doubts?
'Yes, said Paul.