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Title: The Loom of Youth

Author: Alec Waugh

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THE LOOM OF YOUTH

"Well, I mean there's Davenham now and--"

"Davenham!" came the scornful retort. "What does it matter what
happens to Davenham? He's absolutely useless to the House,
rotten at games and spends his whole time reading about
fossils. Who cares a curse about Davenham!"

"Oh I suppose you're right, but--"

"My dear ass, of course I am right. Meredith is a simply
glorious fellow. Do you remember the way he brought down
Freeman in the Two Cock? Why, the House simply couldn't get on
without him."

To Gordon all this conveyed very little. He had no idea who
Meredith or Davenham were. The only thing he realised was that
for those who wore a blue and gold ribbon laws ceased to exist.
It was apparently rather advantageous to get into the Fifteen.
He had not looked on athletics in that light before. Obviously
his preparatory school had failed singularly to keep level with
the times. He had always been told by the masters there that
games were only important for training the body. But at
Fernhurst they seemed the one thing that mattered. To the
athlete all things are forgiven. There was clearly a lot to
learn.

"To him who desireth much, much is given; and to him who
desireth little, little is given; but to neither according to
the letter of his desire."

GILBERT CANNAN

_The Loom of Youth_

ALEC WAUGH

Methuen

First published in Great Britain 1917
Reprinted July 1917, August 1917, September 1917 (twice)
November 1917, January 1918, March 1918, October 1918,
1919, 1921, 1930, 1933, 1945
Cassell's Pocket Library, 1928
Penguin Abridged Edition, 1942
New edition reset and revised 1955
Reprinted 1972