"As far as Darrin is concerned—yes."
"Too bad—too bad!" sighed Hallam. "I'm afraid, Penny, that the heat in the furnace room was too much for you this morning."
"Then you won't serve as one of my seconds?"
"The honor is most regretfully declined," replied Hallam in a tone of mock sadness.
"You want to see Darrin win?"
"If there has to be a fight, I do," replied Midshipman Hallam.
"Don't bet your money on him, anyway."
"I'm not a gambler, Penny, and I don't bet," replied Hallam, with a dignity that, somehow, ended the conversation.
Pennington had considerable difficulty, at first, in finding a second. At last, however, he induced Decker and Briggs to represent him.
These two midshipmen went to see Dan Dalzell.