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I had come from Great Mall rapidly enough; returning, we fairly flew, by every trick and short-cut in the book: crossed through woods and fields and private lawns, took corners without a pause and stop-signs at full throttle. As if energized by our speed, Stoker resumed his usual baiting and other stratagems.
"So you still want to be Grand Tutor!" he shouted. "Now's the time to make your play, while Rexford's out of commission and everything's upset!"
I smiled.
"Why not work together?" he suggested, and outlined at the top of his voice a plan for "taking over the ": the Chancellor was in political disgrace and therefore vulnerable; only some extraordinary stroke of fortune -- such as absolute Commencement by an undisputed Grand Tutor -- might redeem his public image; but if Stoker himself had been disgusted by Rexford's conduct in the Living Room, surely Bray would be
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