Tempest obeyed, with head erect and a red spot on either cheek.
We gazed at him in amazement. We had always given him credit for hardihood, but we had never believed him capable of mutiny of this kind; especially—
“Seems to me,” whispered Dicky, “he might as well tell right away. He’ll get expelled either way. Anyhow—”
“Brown, come forward.”
Dicky started as if he had been detected in the act of holding a pistol to Hector’s head. He was not in the least prepared to be summoned thus out of his turn; and morally he went to pieces as he rose to obey.
“Mum’s the word!” whispered I, encouragingly, as he started for the front.
The doctor was on the alert with a vengeance to-day!
“Jones, come forward too,” said he.
It was my turn to jump now.
“Now, sir, what was that you said to Brown just now?”