“That’s right. If you did, I’m afraid we might not be such good friends.”
“But I must talk straight now, for I feel it my duty.”
“Always do your duty, my boy. Drive ahead. What sort of a call-down are you going to give me?”
“You’ve been associating with that fellow Hooker.”
“I thought that was what you were driving at. What of it?”
“What of it? Great Scott! Do you know the fellow’s father has done time for larceny?”
“I’ve heard so,” was the calm answer.
“You’ve heard so, and still you walk across the campus arm in arm with him?”
“Hooker cannot be held responsible for the actions of his father.”
“A fellow with such a father is pretty sure to be shady himself.”