“Then how does it come about?”
“I can’t tell, sir.”
The manager seemed in doubt.
“Your friends are working it up, of course, but I supposed they had consulted you.”
“They have not.”
“Well, then, let me tell you that they propose to hold a meeting on the campus to-night to express their indignation for the treatment you received. Of course, this is a poke at me, and I do not like it!”
“I presume not,” said Frank dryly. “You have a way of not liking anything that goes against you in the slightest degree, Mr. Lorrimer.”
The manager flushed.
“Don’t be impertinent!” he exclaimed.
“You, sir,” flashed back Merry, “are the one who is impertinent! More than that, you are insulting in your words and your manner!”