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Ned and Bob were watching Thomas, the man-of-all-work, rolling the cinder surface of the new tennis-court. Theirs was a pleasant occupation for such a morning, and Laurie joined them where they sat on a pile of posts and boards that had once been a grape-arbor and that had been removed to make way for the court.
"What happened to you? " asked Ned. "Thought maybe they'd had you arrested. Bob and I were just talking of pooling our resources and bailing you out."