"And let me know exactly and truthfully if anything further comes of this," she finished.
"I'll write and tell you anything that a midshipman is at liberty to make known concerning the conduct of the brigade."
"Just what does that cover?" asked Belle.
"I can't easily answer until the something or other happens to turn up."
"At any rate, Dave, if I get a suspicion that you're withholding from me anything that I ought to know, I shall be dreadfully worried. You can't have any idea how worried I have been about you sometimes in the past."
Not much time was there for the two midshipmen to remain at the foot of the steps of the hotel Then, after hearty good nights, Dave and Dan left the ladies, whom they would not see again until the next visit.
"From one or two things that I couldn't help overhearing, I judge that Belle is greatly worried over the possibility of trouble arising from the Jetson affair," remarked Dan on the way back to the Naval Academy and quarters.
"Yes," Dave admitted.
"Pooh! How can any trouble come to you out of the matter? With Jetson it's different He declared that he wouldn't take the word of any midshipman in the brigade."
"That was spoken in the heat of temper. Jetson didn't mean it."