After all, England is always in the right and
England alwayswins, so why worry? Nowadays, of course, if you really want adventure,
the placeto look for it is in Europe.
A quarter of an hour had elapsed out of the two
hours that Bunter wasbooked for extra French.
They seem to bring you face to face with Nature. To
begin with, there is no political development whatever. Everything will be
thesamefor ever and ever. Can you give me alist of the Shell and their
studies?
Bloodspattered and I went back on my heels, but
surged in and ripped my rightunder the heart.
There is nothing at all like thisin any English
paper likely to be read by boys.
We are forever being reminded that Gussy is the
Honourable Arthur A. There was all the power and grace of agiant cat in his swift
and terrible onslaught. This kind of thing is aperfectly deliberate incitement to
wealth-fantasy. To begin with, there is no political development whatever. He seldom
shut up,though often requested to do so.
To begin with, there is no political development
whatever.
But, after all, it is theLACK of development that
is the really striking thing.
Are you boys just phoneys,as I think you
are?
Only one of the six uttered sounds ofwoe and
lamentation. Kissing, for instance, wouldbe regarded as soppy. In the GEMthere is
also a heroic fat boy. Nowadays, of course, if you really want adventure, the
placeto look for it is in Europe. Shutting up was not really in Billy Bunters line.
Asthese stories are written by many different hands, they do, of course,vary a good
deal in tone.
He grabbed his handkerchief and pressedit to his
damaged nose.
Here is one from the Gem:Oh cwumbslOh gum! My
husband,too, was a staunch reader of the Magnet until he was suddenly taken awayfrom
us.
And even some of thecads probably have their
following.
With all this, the supposed glamour of
public-school life is played forall it is worth.
But every one ofthose minutes seemed inordinately
long to Bunter.
They seemed to crawl bylike tired snails. On the
other hand, there has always been a very strongtemperance strain. They arewritten
for devotees of the prize-ring, the others are not. And there is no question that
these papers are also read byadults.