"You agree to that, Captain Cartwright?" quizzed the K.O.
"Essentially so, sir."
"There had been a quarrel, had there not?"
"I made a reply to a remark by Captain Cartwright, sir," Greg supplied, "which, he felt justified in construing as offensive, though I did not so intend it. I was annoyed at what I felt to be an insinuation. Then Captain Prescott came out of his quarters, sir, and caught Captain Cartwright's wrist. When Captain Prescott released it, Captain Cartwright struck at him. The blow was parried, and Captain Cartwright struck once more. That blow was also parried, and Captain Cartwright went to the floor."
"Do you concur in that, Captain Cartwright?" asked the K.O.
"Yes, sir."
"By the way, Captain Prescott," went on Colonel Cleaves, handing him a small piece of paper, "can you account for this?"
As Dick Prescott took the paper and glanced at it he felt himself turning almost dizzy in bewilderment.