"Yes; only a trifle dizzy."
"I'm sending him back to the hospital," announced Dutton.
"That's proper. Are you sure you'll be all right, Hamilton?" asked the major kindly.
"Oh, yes. I believe I can ride now."
"No, I can't allow it. You must take a rest."
On the way back with the cadets, Dick insisted that he could go alone, and did not need help.
"Orders are orders," replied Graham with a smile. "Dutton might make a fuss if we didn't do as he said."
"It was all his fault," added Paul Drew. "He deliberately collided with you, Dick."
"Oh, no; I hardly think he would do that!"
"But he did," insisted Butler. "He didn't need to gallop in front of you that way. I looked just as if he wanted to unseat you, didn't it, fellows?"