Harry looked up suddenly, and wondered if Ben knew what had happened.
"I should like to have the old rascal down here for half an hour. I should like to souse him into the river, and hold his head under till he begged my pardon," continued Ben.
"So should I," added Harry.
"Should you? You are a good feller, then! I mean to pay him off for what he did for me the other day. I wouldn't minded being turned out of school. I rather liked the idea; but the old muttonhead got me up before all the school, and read me such a lecture! He thinks there isn't anybody in the world but him."
"The lecture didn't hurt you," suggested Harry.
"No; it didn't. But that warn't the worst of it."
"What else?"
"My father give me a confounded licking when I got home. I haven't done smarting yet. But I will pay 'em for it all."
"You mean Squire Walker."