They abandoned the subject by mutual consent; only Stover remembered for months after the tension he had felt and the tugging at the heart-strings. If he could feel that way for his friend, what would be his sensations when he faced his own crisis on Tap Day?
Fellows from other houses came thronging in with reports of how the class had divided up. Every one had his own list of the hold-offs, completing it according to the last returns, amid a bedlam of questions.
"How did Story go?"
"Did Schley get a hold-off?"
"Yes, but Troutman didn't."
"He did, too."
"When?"
"Half an hour late."
"Brockhurst got one."
"You don't say so!"