"You'll be all the stronger for not giving up, anyway."
"That's the only thing that keeps me at it. I'm so busy I don't even have time to be homesick."
"Well, that's one good thing."
"Perhaps it is, but if I flunk out at the mid-year's—"
"You won't if you only keep it up and keep at it."
"I'd feel better if I thought I wouldn't.""You'll be all right," said Foster soothingly, for he understood his friend so well that he knew he was in one of his periods of mental reaction, and that what he needed was encouragement more than anything else.
"And just think of it," continued Will gloomily, "you're about the only one of the fellows I ever see nowadays. I don't believe I've seen Hawley in three weeks, that is to have a word with him."
"Who has?"
"I don't know. All the fellows, I suppose."
"Not much! Hawley is working like a Trojan on the football team. You know that as well as I do."