“Boys are not allowed to enter the gymnasium after dark.”
“Is that a rule of the school?”
“It is my rule.”
“Does it apply to senior boys as well as juniors?” asked Tempest.
“I am responsible for the gymnasium, and—”
“That is not the question,” said the magistrate. “Have you ever allowed senior boys in the gymnasium after dark?”
“I may have; but I forbade Tempest to enter last night.”
“What harm was there in his fetching his coat, if it was not against rules?”
“It was against rules to go in when I told him not.”
“Well, well,” said Captain Rymer, “that is a matter that need not detain us. Have you any more questions, Mr Tempest?”