“Because it will be a dead give-away on yourself.”
“You’ll give it away! You’ll go out and tell your story. We’ll say you lied about it, but that Jackson let you in to that door, where you listened without overhearing anything in particular.”
“How will you explain your presence here? Every man of your crew, and of the freshmen, is forbidden to come here.”
“That’s right,” muttered Arnold.
“Oh, well, one slip——” began Ben weakly.
“You know my statement would be believed.”
“Not against us both.”
“I think so.”
“We would swear you lied.”
“And you know deep down in your heart that I would be believed.”