“Doesn’t she look it?”
“She certainly does.”
“If I were you, I’d keep a close eye on my boat until that race is sailed,” said Andy, after a few minutes of silence.
“What do you mean, Andy?”
“Well, you know we’ve got our enemies in this school. Ritter and his crowd would rather see you lose than win.”
“Paxton and Coulter certainly wanted us to lose that bicycle race,” said Pepper.
“Do you think they’d try to injure the boat?” asked the young major.
“Possibly—I don’t know.”
“If I thought that I’d—I’d stay on board to-night,” said Jack.
“No, you want a good night’s sleep,” said Pepper. “One of us can stay on board as well as you can.”