“Never, sir, never! You know I distinctly disapprove of football, and I did my best to suppress it at Fardale.”
“At which you made a sad failure.”
“I was succeeding very well till you came and stirred them up by leading the team to victory against Irvington. That was an outrage; but you did make a wonderful run with the ball. I was afraid they would catch you, and the first thing I knew Professor Gunn was pulling at my coat, and asking me to get down off his shoulders and not disgrace myself before the whole academy by yelling like a crazy idiot. Think of that! And you were responsible for it all.”
Frank laughed again, saying:
“If all I have read of bull fights is true, we’ll see something more exciting than that here. Around this way, professor. We’ll not attempt to force a way through that crowd. I have bought seats for the shady side.”
“You seem to know all about it, as if you had been here before.”
“I have.”
“What? When?”
“Oh, I strolled out here yesterday with Ephraim and purchased tickets.”
“You rascal! It is getting to be an impossibility to keep track of you.”