"My dear Rattles, don't worry about Hodge!" Diamond begged.
"If you had only said to that captain, 'Get thee behind me, Satan!'" grumbled Dismal Jones. "But, of course, you could not resist such a temptation! When evil makes itself seem to us good, we're sure to give way. 'Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall!'"
Merriwell smiled. He liked to get the opinions of his friends, though usually he acted on his own.
"So you think it was a temptation instead of an opportunity?"
"What is a temptation?" chirped Bink Stubbs.
"Why, every time you grin at me that way I want to hit you in the mouth," explained Danny. "It's a temptation I can hardly resist!"
"Crush it!" yelled Bink, feinting with his fists. "If you don't, I'll have to!"
"Somebody throw those idiots out of the window!" growled Bruce, seeking solace in his pipe.
"Somebody give me a light for this cigarette first," begged Danny. "If I must fall I want help to alight!"
"Shouldn't think you'd need it!" Browning declared. "You have a light head. It would hold you up like a balloon!"