"Yes, sir."
"Why did you think that Mr. Dodge was extremely likely to be singled out?"
Cadet Anstey flushed and again hesitated.
"You are not required to say anything distinctly to the discredit or disadvantage of Mr. Dodge, but you are required, Mr. Anstey, to give any information that will aid the authorities in running down this outrage and its perpetrators. Again, sir, why did you imagine that Mr. Dodge would be singled out?"
"I knew, sir, that a good many upper class men regarded Mr.
Dodge as being decidedly b.j.," the Virginian admitted reluctantly.
"Then you attribute this affair to Mr. Dodge's unpopularity with some of the upper class men?"
"I wouldn't say, sir, that Mr. Dodge is unpopular, but I think, sir, that some of the upper class men feel that Mr. Dodge needs taking in hand."
"For hazing?"
"For—er—well, sir—for general training."
"That is hazing—nothing more nor less," broke in the K.C. coldly. "And we shall leave no stone unturned to stop this hazing and to punish all perpetrators of hazing."