![]() But other than that, I have no idea as to what he has done by "bowl out" his "first ball," so I wanted to ask for your help. ![]() Grace" and found out that Grace was an English amateur cricketer. But other than that, I have no idea as to what he has done by "bowl out" his "first ball," so I wanted to ask for your help.Ĭurious ReaderI googled "W. In this part, I am not sure what the underlined expression means. During the holiday, the Stevens go to an amusement place where automatic machines such as the Haunted House and the cricket game machine are placed. Stevens, Mary, Dick, and Ernie go on a holiday. This is a novel published in 1931, which describes a fortnight in September in which an English family consisting of Mr. Sherriff, The Fortnight in September, Chapter 30 The rain had driven a big crowd into the covered spaces of the pier-a hearty, good-humoured crowd, determined to make the best of a rotten afternoon: the whole place was filled with bursts of laughter, heavy, rhythmic breathing at the games of skill machines, the clatter of heels on the bare, hollow boards, and the warm smell of drying mackintoshes-but what an afternoon it was! Sometimes the Stevens subsided on to seats and watched other people try their skill-then they would rise, and try their own hands once again-sometimes they succeeded, and got their pennies back-sometimes they didn’t-but what did it matter with two full, splendid days ahead! They had a pennyworth of Haunted House, then Dick bowled out W. Could you please let me know its meaning? I am reading a novel, and I came across this expression.
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