“Why, they say you brought him here to your room—you tried to introduce him to some of the fellows!”
Frank rose to his feet, and his manner of speaking showed how deeply in earnest he was.
“That is true,” he said, “and I was astonished to find my friends acted like a lot of cads. I fancied I knew them better, but I was mistaken. I had thought they were above such things, but I found I was wrong.”
“You had no right to attempt to introduce a fellow like Hooker without finding out who was willing to know him!”
“Hadn’t I? Let’s see. It was in this room—my own room—wasn’t it?”
“Yes, but——”
“Hooker came here with me at my invitation.”
“Well?”
“When we entered, we found a number of fellows here, making themselves at home, as I wish my friends to do.”
“What of that?”