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Prayers were held downstairs in the main hall of the Castle. The boys stood ranged along the panelled walls, each holding in his hands a little pile of books. Grimes sat on one of the chairs beside the baronial chimneypiece.
" 'Morning," he said to Paul; "only just down, I'm afraid. Do I smell of drink?"