TONS AND THORNS OF GOLD

the two boys nudged Fred in the rib

his mouth over his shoulder at the little fellow bringing up the r

ok, he was much taller and bigger than both of them. He wa

eeping his voice low so that it would not c

told him in an

strictly forbidden around here, if you don't know. You heard the porter. You're going to get expelled; then th

as what fell fr

taken to the Student Affairs Office, from where you'll be taken to face the Senate

vere heat around the region of his heart. He b

done to you? You know very well that you're just trying to frame me up. I didn't touch your... Scor

w place, he asks questions. He must identify with the powers that be. He must

is breathing back to normal as they c

, I would take wise cou

e porter's office, I don't want you to be afraid, okay? I think I like you. So, we'll help you. Ye

We are the Big Ones. Now listen well. I'm in hostel F2. See me in my corner at ten tonight for more briefing, okay? I'll give you our R

ters' lodge had not taken up to five minutes but it seemed to him like five hours. In the

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dle of the little office was another man who appeared to be in his late thirties; he was of average height and build, and was undoubtedly a porter himself. The y

the two visitor's chairs. He bid Mighty Scorpion take th

ry loyal aides-de-camp. Suddenly a female student, dressed

a meeting,' the porter with

before her with her right index finger to illustrate her poi

porter. 'E good. Oya, go stand for there. Stand f

ad a feeling of déjà vu: that he had seen this pretty face in another world, and that everything p

?' asked the youn

t,' his colle

th eyes and mouth wide open.

o wey s

sing eyes from Fred to Mighty Scorpion.

an but was cut short with a

peak only when y

He had noticed that they were made up of an equal mixture of educated and illiterate persons. The uneducated ones did mainly the leg-work, carrying beddings and other stuff to the halls and ro