“The sack,” said Wyatt laconically.

“It is expulsion. You must leave the school. At once.”

Wyatt nodded.

“As you know, I have already secured a nomination for you in the London and Oriental Bank. I shall write to-morrow to the manager asking him to receive you at once——”

“After all, they only gain an extra fortnight of me.”

“You will leave directly I receive his letter. I shall arrange with the headmaster that you are withdrawn privately——”

Not the sack?”

“Withdrawn privately. You will not go to school to-morrow. Do you understand? That is all. Have you anything to say?”

Wyatt reflected.

“No, I don’t think——”