"I can't take back what I have said, because it is true. And I shall not apologize to Philip," May answered, unflinchingly.
"Leave the room, sir!" shouted the General, looking very red and angry.
Then when May had left the room to weep bitter tears in the arms of the faithful Phyllis, the General said,—
"Doctor, you see what a stubborn boy he is! But he shall apologize handsomely to you and to Philip before the week has passed."
And with this assurance the doctor went away.
When the doctor was gone the General summoned Sarah and related the events that had just occurred.
"Now," said he, with an ominous flash in his deep-set eyes, "we will see what bread and water and solitary confinement will do for the young rebel."
"Who will play jailer?" Sarah asked, with eyes that flashed as brightly as the General's. "I certainly shall not."
"Then I will," said the General, with decision.