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In thirty
seconds more he was even with Silcock. Then came a keen struggle: but the
new comer was "the horse that could stay:" he drew steadily ahead, and
the stern of his boat was in a line with Silcock's person when the gun
fired; and a fearful roar from the bridge, the river, and the banks,
announced that the favourite university had picked up the sculls in the
person of Dodd of Exeter.
In due course he brought the little silver sculls, and pinned them on his
mother.
While she and Julia were telling him how proud they were, and how happy
they should be, but for their fears that he would hurt himself, beating
gentlemen ever so much older than himself, came two Exeter men with wild
looks hunting for him.
"Oh, Dodd! Hardie wants you directly."
"Don't you go, Edward," whispered Julia; "why should you be at Mr.
Hardie's beck and call? I never heard of such a thing. That youth _will_
make me hate him."
"Oh, I think I had better just go and see what it is about," replied
Edward: "I shall be back directly." And on this understanding he went off
with the men.


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