Twenty minutes later, Red Dog and the Egghead, fed to bursting, rolled out of Conover's, spreading the uproarious news.
"Free pancakes! Free pancakes!"
The nearest houses, the Davis and the Rouse, heard and came with a rush.
Red Dog and the Egghead staggered down into the village and over to the circle of houses, throwing out their arms like returning bacchanalians.
"Free pancakes!"
"Hungry Smeed's broken the record!"
"Pancakes at Conover's—free pancakes!"
The word jumped from house to house, the campus was emptied in a trice. The road became choked with the hungry stream that struggled, fought, laughed and shouted as it stormed to Conover's.
"Free pancakes! Free pancakes!"
"Hurrah for Smeed!"