"Don't get off any grinds on me to-night," said Magnus, "I'm not in the mood."
"What shall I tell her?"
"What you like!"
"All right. I'll go back and report that you are out of town, and have left a bear to keep house."
Which apparently he did, to judge by the shout of laughter that went up.
"Oh, do bring him!" cried a pretty voice. "I do so dote upon bears. Oh, I think they're dear! Which one is Mr. Kindred?"
"You'll know by his eyes, when he turns round," said Miss Saucy.
"But that's the only way I can ever tell cadets apart—by their eyes," said Miss Midget. "Is that the reason they order 'Eyes front' so much?—so that the officers can know which one to report?"
Another laugh followed.
"You'd better believe old Towser would know, if they hadn't any eyes at all," said Randolph, "or if he hadn't!"