“And did I ever have it?”
“Yes, we had one every night, carried on in a whisper.”
“False!” cried the professor.
“True!” said Frank.
“False!” cried the professor.
“No, true!” said Frank.
“I say false, sir, for from the time I lay down every night till you, being tired with your hard day’s work, dropped off to sleep, I never hardly said a word.”
“Well, now you mention it,” said Frank, “I don’t think you did, for I often used to think you had gone to sleep.”
“Yes, and you used to ask me if I had. But I never had, eh?”
“Never once,” said Frank quickly; “and I often used to feel ashamed of myself for being so drowsy and going off as I did.”