“You can take it so if you like.”
“I will, and if you don’t look out—”
What Sam was going to say he did not finish, for, at that moment, the monitor in charge of Opus Manor came to the door, and the two who had sought to pick a quarrel with Tom slouched off across the campus.
“New student here?” asked the monitor, who did not seem to remember Tom.
“Yes. I’m Fairfield.”
“Oh yes, I recall you now. Come, and I’ll introduce you to my wife. She’s matron here. Blackford is my name.”
“I remember it,” spoke Tom, who had met the monitor when down for his examinations.
As the two were about to enter the building Tom saw his new friend, Reddy Burke, hurrying along, beckoning to him to wait.
He halted a moment, and the Junior ran up the steps.