"You cad, you deliberately li——-"
But Pierson, having put his brush away, turned on his heel and left the room.
Haynes paused for an instant, his face white with a new dread.
A cadet stands low, indeed, when another cadet will not resent being called a liar by him.
"This has kicked up an awful row against me, I guess," muttered the turnback, as he hastily cleaned himself. "I must get down into the quadrangle, mix with the fellows and set myself straight."
Full of this purpose, for he was not lacking in a certain quality of nerve and courage, Haynes went down to the quadrangle.
"I am afraid a good deal of feeling was aroused this afternoon,
Furlong," began the turnback.
Then he gulped, clenched his fists and lost color, for Cadet Furlong, without a word, had turned on his heel and walked away.
"Griffin, what does Fur——-"
Cadet Griffin, too, turned on his heel, passing on.