Wyndham’s face changed colour.
“What? I say, do you think he really will?” he exclaimed.
“I think it’s very likely,” said the captain.
“Of course, you can’t withdraw the names?” said the boy.
“I’ve no right to do it—no, I can’t,” replied the captain.
“Oh, of course. But I say, what had I better do?” faltered the boy. “I hoped that bother was all over.”
“I would advise you to go to the doctor before chapel and tell him yourself.”
The boy’s face fell.
“How can I? I promised I wouldn’t, and Silk wouldn’t let me off when I asked him.”
“But he is going to tell of you, he says. You had much better let the doctor hear it from you than from him.”