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It was Walkinshaw's affair from the first. Grey, the captain of the St. Austin's Fifteen, was in the infirmary nursing a bad knee. To him came Charles Augustus Walkinshaw with a scheme. Walkinshaw was football secretary, and in Grey's absence acted as captain. Besides these two there were only a couple of last year's team left -- Reade and Barrett, both of Philpott's House.
"Hullo, Grey, how's the knee? " said Walkinshaw.