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Even as he halted in the open gateway, considering how to obtain assistance without himself leaving the house, two tall schoolboys passed close by him, the badges on their caps making a faint glitter in the gloom.
'Hallo, there! ' he said quickly, and they halted at once: then retraced their steps. He could see their faces as they bent towards him.