D’Arcy’s Disappearance

D'Arcy was, as usual, in the wrong place at the wrong time when Cardew The Cad let fly with an inky pellet. Destined for other features than D'Arcy's, it hit him full on his aristocratic nose. From such a simple beginning disaster follows disaster and D'Arcy finds himself forced to flee from St. Jim's to avoid "unjust and outwageous" punishment-a Head's flogging-as the reward for a crime he had not committed. Forced to find somewhere to stay during his absence from St. Jim's, D'Arcy decides to visit Greyfriars School, where he meets his old friends, Harry Whar- ton, Bob Cherry and the notorious Billy Bunter. From then on events move quickly, until finally Arthur Augustus returns to St. Jim's and puts an end to his chums' worries about "D'Arcy's Disappearance."