"I'll do it."
"That isn't all."
Bob hesitated.
It was a wrench for him to deliver the remainder of the message.
"Yes, you are to stay," he repeated as if to gain time. "But of course you can't expect to slip through with no punishment at all."
"No, indeed!"
Still Van spoke with jaunty hopefulness.
"The Doctor thinks it is only fair that you should be pretty severely reminded of what you've done."
"That's all right. I'm not afraid. Fire ahead! What's he going to do with me?"
"He thinks—he says—he feels it is best—"