"I'm glad I wasn't," Dave smiled.
"And are you enjoying yourself?"
"No," Dave answered seriously. "I'm not. Neither is Jetson. It is likely that the class may do a great injustice to us both."
"Why are you so struck on a fellow like Jetson?" pursued the other midshipman.
"I'm not," Dave rejoined. "But I think, if he could be awakened, he has qualities that would make us all like him."
"And you're going to throw yourself away on such thankless missionary work, Darry?"
"Not at all. I'm acting on my best lights, as I see them for myself."
"I'm sorry," sighed Farley honestly.
"And so am I. Don't believe that I enjoy the situation that has been created."
"That you've created for yourself, you mean!"