“More plots?” exclaimed Merry, with an air of weariness. “Morgan, I had hoped plotting against me was at an end while I remained at Yale.”

“I fear you hoped in vain. You are going to give a supper to your friends to-morrow night?”

“Yes.”

“Well, I have discovered enough to know that the plot is going to be put into operation at that time.”

“What’s the game?”

“Just what it is I cannot tell. I am not given to listening at keyholes, Merriwell; but having scented this thing last night, I did a little listening. I could not get at the bottom of the whole matter, but what I heard told me there was something wrong.”

“Who owned the door, Morgan?”

“Defarge.”

“No!”

Frank looked surprised.