"Very much, sir; thank you."
"And you, Mr. Dalzell. But let me see—-wasn't your liberty for the purpose of paying a visit?"
"Yes, sir," Dan answered, coloring.
"And you are strolling, instead?"
"Yes, sir; the person on whom I went to call was not there."
"Then, Mr. Darrin, you should have returned to Bancroft Hall, and reported your return."
"Yes, sir; I should have done that," Dan confessed in confusion.
"The truth is, sir, it hadn't occurred to me."
"Return at once, Mr. Dalzell, and place yourself on report for strolling without permission."
"Yes, sir."
Both midshipmen saluted, then turned for the shortest cut to Maryland
Avenue, and thence to the gate at the end of that thoroughfare.