`` You are a coincidence ! '' said Walter scornfully , turning still whiter . He had only a very hazy idea what a coincidence was , but Dan had none at all and thought it must be something peculiarly opprobrious . `` Yah ! Cowardy ! '' he yelled gain . `` Your mother writes lies -- lies -- lies ! And Faith Meredith is a pig-girl -- a -- pig-girl -- a pig-girl ! And she 's a rooster-girl -- a rooster-girl -- a rooster-girl ! Yah ! Cowardy -- cowardy -- cust -- '' Dan got no further . Walter had hurled himself across the intervening space and knocked Dan off the fence backward with one well-directed blow . Dan 's sudden inglorious sprawl was greeted with a burst of laughter and a clapping of hands from Faith . Dan sprang up , purple with rage , and began to climb the fence . But just then the school-bell rang and Dan knew what happened to boys who were late during Mr. Hazard 's regime . `` We 'll fight this out , '' he howled . `` Cowardy ! '' `` Any time you like , '' said Walter . `` Oh , no , no , Walter , '' protested Faith . `` Do n't fight him .
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