Such thought as he now gave to football concerned the games still to come.
Immediately after the meal the three midshipmen reported their departure into Annapolis.

Then they went to the main gate, passed through and strolled on up Maryland Avenue into State Circle.
"I'm sorry we promised not to go to the theatre," murmured Midshipman Joyce.
"I'm not," retorted Dave.

"Without that promise we wouldn't have secured the leave." "But what are we going to do," demanded the dissatisfied one, "now that we are outside the grounds ?" "We can't do much, except what we came out to do," Dave reminded Joyce.
"We can just walk about and stretch our legs, look in at a few store windows and make a few trifling purchases that won't exhaust our small store of pocket money." "Exciting prospect!" remarked Joyce.
"Well, what ails you ?" demanded Dalzell with unusual quietness.

"What do you want to do?
Something that will get us into big trouble with the O.C.
and the com. ?" "Joyce can't tell you what he longs for, for he doesn't know himself," explained Dave.
"But I know.

He wants to do something irregular; anything that is slightly in breach of the regulations--something that will get him hauled up before the O.C.and the pap." "You're a wonderful guesser," laughed Joyce.