"Nor I."
"Those two Rover boys are winders."
So the talk ran on. Of course, Roxley was keenly disappointed, but it tried not to show it, and sang songs and cheered its opponents. And Brill cheered the enemy, as is the custom.
Tom and Dick were surrounded by a host of friends, and had to shake hands over and over again, and had to have their hurts washed and bound up. Both wanted to get to where Sam and the girls had been left, but this was impossible for quite a while, and then, much to their surprise, they found their brother and the others had gone, and Minnie Sanderson had departed also.
"Wonder where they went to?" questioned Tom. "I told Sam we'd be along as soon as possible."
To this Dick did not answer. He was thinking deeply. Was Dora still angry, in spite of how she had cheered him?
"There they are!" cried Tom a few minutes later, as he and Dick walked toward the river. He had seen Nellie and Grace on a bench in the sun, surrounded by a number of other visitors. He hurried up to them, his brother following more slowly. "Where are Dora and Sam?" he questioned, looking around.
"Dora asked to go back to the seminary," answered Nellie, and looked sharply at Dick.
"To the seminary?" repeated Tom in wonder. "Why, how's that?"
"She said she had a—headache."