"Yes, sir."
"Then you may return to your former diet till you are satisfied," added the principal, pleasantly.
"We don't wish to do that, sir."
"Didn't I understand you to say that you were not satisfied."
"I am not, sir," continued Raymond, stoutly. "I don't think it was fair to—"
"Stop!" interposed the principal, rather sharply. "I do not purpose to listen to your grievances. You have undertaken to redress them yourselves, and I see no reason why you should not persevere till you are satisfied."
"We can't live on salt junk and hard bread without any water, sir."
"Can't you, indeed? You should have thought of that before you joined hands with those who started the water out of the tanks."
"We did not even know that they meant to start the water, or, afterwards, that they had done it, till the cook said so. We are not responsible for what they did."
"Perhaps not; yet you were in the hold, in full fellowship with them. But I do not intend to argue the matter with you."