'Last lap! announced Paul.
The school and the visitors crowded about the tape to cheer the winner. Amid loud applause Clutterbuck breasted the tape well ahead of the others.
'Well run! Oh, good, jolly good, sir! cried Colonel Sidebotham.
'Good old Percy! That's the stuff, said Mr Clutterbuck.
'Well run, Percy! chorused the two little Clutterbucks, prompted by their governess.
'That boy cheated, said Lady Circumference. 'Heonly went round five times. I counted.
'I think unpleasantness so mars the afternoon, said the Vicar.
'How dare you suggest such a thing? asked Mrs Clutterbuck. 'I appeal to the referee. Percy ran the full course, didn't he?
'Clutterbuck wins, said Captain Grimes.
'Fiddlesticks! said Lady Circumference. 'He deliberately lagged behind and joined the others as they went behind the beeches. The little toad!