The conversation was interrupted here, for Simon Musgrave came up with a triumphant smile on his face.
“Rawdon and Bell are wanted,” he said. “You are to report at once to my father at his office.”
CHAPTER XI
AN INDEPENDENT PUPIL
Simon Musgrave walked away, not doubting that the two boys would obey orders.
“What shall I do, Rawdon?” asked Vivian, in a state of nervous alarm. “The doctor will be sure to flog me!”
“Then don’t go near him.”
“But he will come for me.”
“Then mind you are not to be found.”
“What do you mean?”
“Go to your room, get a few underclothes, and run away. Remember where I told you to go. You know where Farmer Glover lives?”