The Doctor looked very angry as he went down to Cardley Willows, and the inquiries took a stern, rather bitter turn.
“Has the boy been a young blackguard?” he said.
“No,” said the principal.
“Dishonest?”
“Oh dear no!”
“Well, what is it then—disobedient!”
“Oh dear no! He’ll promise anything.”
“Humph! yes,” said the doctor to himself.
“I’m very sorry, Dr Grayson,” continued the principal; “but the boy is incorrigible, and you must take him away.”
The doctor took the boy away, and he had a very stern talking-to at home.