“Yes, what is it?” said the doctor.
“It’s about young Wyndham, sir.”
“Ah! Nothing wrong, I hope. He has seemed a good deal steadier than he was, of late.”
“So he is, sir. But this is about something he did some time ago.”
The doctor settled himself judicially in his chair, and waited for the captain’s report.
“He got into bad company early in the term, sir, and was tempted down into the town without leave, and once let himself be taken to Beamish’s Aquarium.”
The doctor gave a grunt of displeasure, which sounded rather ominous.
“How long ago was this?”
“A few days before the boat-race, sir. It has been weighing on his mind ever since.”
“Did he tell you of it?” asked the doctor.