“I’ve taken this side of the room,” announced Towne. “I knew you wouldn’t care. Anyhow, as I was here first I had a right to change, you know.”
“All right,” said Kendall. “I don’t care which side I have. I suppose there isn’t much difference.”
“No. Only I was on that side last year and I thought I’d like a change,” replied the other. “Did you bring anything to fix up with, Burtis?”
“N-no, I don’t think so.”
Towne frowned and looked about the walls. “We’ll have to get some pictures, I guess. Cooke, who roomed with me last year, had a lot of stuff, but of course he took it off with him.”
“Did he graduate?” asked Kendall.
“No, he’s moved into Whitson. A chap named Guild wanted him to room with him. Cooke didn’t want to do it much, I guess, but Guild insisted. We’d ought to have about three good pictures over there around the windows. I’d have thought you’d have brought something along with you.”
“Well, I didn’t think of it,” answered Kendall. “Besides, I don’t believe I had anything to bring.”
“You live in the country, don’t you?” asked Towne.
“Yes, near Roanoke. It isn’t exactly country, though. I mean there’s a good many houses out our way. We’re only two miles from town.”