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186 RAINBOW VALLEY"I hate the thought of them fighting and I wish itcould be stopped," said Una."Oh, it's got to go on now," cried Faith. "It's amatter of honor. Don't you dare tell any one, Una.If you do I'll never tell you secrets again !""I won't tell," agreed Una. "But I won't stayto-morrow to watch the fight. I'm coming righthome.""Oh, all right. / have to be there it would be meannot to, when Walter is fighting for me. I'm going totie my colours on his armhe's my knight.that's the thing to do whenHow lucky Mrs. Blythe gave me thatpretty blue hair ribbon for my birthday! I've onlyworn it twice so it will be almost new. But I wish Iwas sure Walter would win. It will be so so humiliatingifhe doesn't."Faith would have been yet more dubious if shecould have seen her champion just then.Walter hadgone home from school with all his righteous angerHeat a low ebb and a very nasty feeling in its place.had to fight Dan Reese the next night and he didn'twant to he hated the thought of And it. he keptthinking of it all the time. Not for a minute could heget away from the thought. Would it hurt much?He was terribly afraid that it would hurt. And woulc^he be defeated and shamed?He could not eat any supper worth speaking of.Susan had made a big batch of hisfavourite monkeyfaces,but he could choke only one down. Jem ate