`` I did n't know it , '' said Elliott slowly . `` I read the calendar announcement only once , and I certainly did n't notice that condition . '' `` Well , that 's curious . But how on earth did you escape hearing it talked about ? It 's always discussed extensively among the boys , especially when there are two competitors of the favoured names , which does n't often happen . '' `` I 'm not a very sociable fellow , '' said Elliott with a faint smile . `` You know they call me ` the hermit . ' As it happened , I never talked the matter over with anyone or heard it referred to . I -- I wish I had known this before . '' `` Why , what difference does it make ? It 's all right , anyway . But it is odd to think that if your name had n't been Campbell , the Fraser would have gone to McLean over the heads of Stone and all the rest . Their only hope was that you would both fall below seventy . It 's an absurd condition , but there it is in old Professor Fraser 's will . He was rich and had no family . So he left a number of bequests to the college on ordinary conditions . I suppose he thought he might humour his whim in one . His widow is a dear old soul , and always makes a special pet of the boy who wins the Fraser . Well , here 's my street . So long , Campbell . ''
XXXXX responded almost curtly and walked onward to his boarding-house with a face from which all the light had gone .
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