"Danny boy, don't make a fuss about it," replied Dave quietly, "but just for this once you are not to be my second."
"Why—"
"Danny boy, you have just gotten by the Board by a hair's breadth. What kind of an act of gratitude would it be for you to make your first act a breach of discipline? For a fight, though often necessary here, is in defiance of the regulations."
"But Dave, I've never been out of your fights!"
"You will be this time, Danny. Don't worry about it, either. Farley and Page are going to stand by me. In fact, I think that even now they are talking with Treadwell's friends."
"You're wrong," murmured Dalzell, looking very solemn. "Here come Farley and Page right now."
In another moment the seconds had reached Darrin and his chum.
"To-night?" asked Dave quietly.
"Yes," nodded Page.
"Time?"