“Silence!” Miss Leonard’s voice rang out with subduing effect. “Now,” turning to the fat boy, “what have you to say for yourself, sir?”
The boy began a loud arraignment of Teddy’s misdeeds.
Miss Leonard’s face expressed an astonishment which changed to lively displeasure, as the boy again blared forth his accusation of Teddy’s refusal to pay for the damage he had caused to his luncheon.
“He is not telling the truth, Miss Leonard,” broke in a quiet voice.
Unable to endure hearing Teddy maligned in this wholesale fashion, Harry Harding had come to his rescue.
[CHAPTER IX]
THE BITTERNESS OF INJUSTICE
There was a tense silence in the schoolroom. Every eye was directed toward the two lads whose appearance had been the signal for so much commotion. They had made a decidedly disturbing entrance into school, to say the least.
Miss Leonard regarded Harry searchingly. His clear, unwavering glance seemed to assure her of his honesty of purpose. “Suppose you tell me all about this argument,” she said quietly. “You appear to understand what it means. First, let me ask you why you say that this boy,” she indicated the fat youth, “is not telling the truth.”